TEHRAN, January 20 - 601,483 MT of commodities worth over $363 million were traded in Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) in the third week of January, trading value experienced a growth of 19%.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - According to the report from IME International Affairs and PR, last week, on the domestic and export metal and mineral trading floor of IME, 203,986 MT of various products worth close to $178.4 million were traded.
On this trading floor, 1,900 MT of aluminum, 195,455 MT of steel products, 5,530 MT of copper, 1,000 MT of cement, 80 MT of molybdenum concentrates, 21 MT of precious metal concentrates as well as 20 kg of gold bullion were traded.
The report declares that on domestic and export oil and petrochemical trading floors of IME, 294,963 MT of different commodities with the total value of $157 million were traded.
On this trading floor, more than 100,439 MT of bitumen, 49,456 MT of polymer products, 88,000 MT of VB feed stock as well as 31,000 MT of lube-cut oil, 20,939 MT of chemical products, 2,980 MT of sulfur, 620 MT of insulation, 529 MT of heavy paraffin wax and 1,000 MT of slap waxes were traded.
Moreover, on the agricultural trading floor of IME, 102,533 MT of various commodities worth over $27.7 million were traded. On this trading floor, 70,750 MT of wheat, 29,182 MT of maize, 1,800 MT of crude vegetable oil, 445 MT of frozen chicken, 100 MT of sugar as well as 257,000 day old chicks were traded by customers.