TEHRAN- Iran produced 27.5 million tons of petrochemical products during the first half of current Iranian calendar year (March 21-Septemebr 22), according to production control director in National Petrochemical Company (NPC).

Qodratollah Farajpour said the figure shows two percent increase compared to the first half of the previous year, IRIB reported on Wednesday.
The NPC director noted that this rise has occurred despite overhaul operation in a number of high-capacity production units during the first half of this year which made some halts in production of these units.

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