TEHRAN- Petrochemical production in Iran increased by 5 percent during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21- August 22), Shana quoted Ali-Mohammad Bossaqzadeh, the production control director of National Petrochemical Company (NPC), as saying.

In July, Bossaqzadeh announced that seven new petrochemical projects were planned to be implemented in the country by the end of current calendar year (March 20, 2018).
 
He put petrochemical output at 51 million tons in the past calendar year, saying that the figure is estimated to reach 56 million tons by the end of this year, posting a record for the second consecutive year.

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