Tabriz petrchem exports up

Over the 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year, began March 21 2013, Tebriz petrochemical plant’s exports hit 52 thousand tons, up by 110 percent against the corresponding period last year. The exports, mainly polymers, also rose by 218 percent in terms of value reaching 2.070 billion rials, Shana reported. In addition to exports to other countries, Tabriz Petrochemical Plant provided part of domestic industries’ needs by supplying 266 thousand tons of petrochemicals, worth 9800 billion rials, to domestic market. Olefins, styrene, polystyrene, polystyrene-resistant, linear low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, ethyl benzene, butene - 1, benzene, butadiene-1, 3 and the ABS products are the main products of the plant which covers 391 hectares of land near the northwestern city of Tbariz.