TEHRAN- Iran imported 5.7 million liters per day of gasoline during the three-month period from the beginning of current Iranian calendar year (March 21), which was 3.3 million liters less than the planned amount for this period, the managing director of National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) announced.

Mohammadreza Mousavikhah also said: “We are always trying to reduce the amount of gasoline imports to zero”, Shana news agency reported.

The second phase of Iran’s Persian Gulf Star Refinery (PGSR), which was inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani on June 28, adds 12 million liters of Euro-5 quality gasoline to the country’s total output of the product.

With the second phase coming into operation, the refinery’s daily output has reached 24 million litters and will reach 36 million liters by the end of current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2019) when the third phase goes operational, IRIB quoted Mohammad-Ali Dadvar, the managing director of PGSR, as saying.

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