TEHRAN- The value of non-oil exports from Pars Special Economic Energy Zone (PSEEZ), an energy hub in Iran’s southern province of Bushehr, reached $5.7 billion in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21), Mehdi Yousefi, the managing director of PSEEZ Organization, announced.

The official said 13.623 million tons of non-oil products including gas condensate have been exported from the zone to 29 countries during the three-month period, PSEEZ website reported on Monday.

As Yousefi announced exports from the zone stood at $14.917 billion in the past calendar year. The figure shows 22 percent rise compared to its preceding year.

Gas condensates, urea fertilizers, methanol, and cement were the main products exported to 29 countries in the past year, the official had said on early April.

In terms of weight, exports from the zone amounted to 34.195 million tons, an increase of 41 percent year on year, he said.

Yousefi further announced that gas condensate exports from the zone witnessed 43-percent and 59-percent growth, respectively, to stand at $7.011 billion and 17.515 million tons.

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