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Mon, 06/13/2011 - 09:09
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Iran to Supply Afghanistan with Oil Products
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran agreed to export 300,000 tons of oil products to Afghanistan in six months.
The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for exporting oil products from Tehran to Kabul.
Managing-Director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company Alireza Zeiqami and Afghanistan's Minister of Commerce and Industries Anwar-Ul-Haq Ahadi signed the MoU.
Gas oil will account for 70 percent of the exports, while gasoline and jet fuel will account for 20 percent and 10 percent, respectively.
Iraq, Afghanistan and Armenia were importers of Iranian gasoline since the country began to export domestically produced fuel, Iran's Customs Administration reported in October 2010.
In March, Iran exported the first cargo of gasoline produced inside the country to the neighboring Afghanistan, Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Alireza Zeiqami announced.
"We have exported a 1,000-tonne cargo of gasoline to Afghanistan this (Iranian year), and we are amidst negotiations to export the second and third cargoes to the country," Zeiqami told FNA at the time.
Iran increased its gasoline production after the United States and the European Union started approving their own unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, mostly targeting the country's energy and banking sectors, including a US boycott of gasoline supplies to Iran.
The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for exporting oil products from Tehran to Kabul.
Managing-Director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company Alireza Zeiqami and Afghanistan's Minister of Commerce and Industries Anwar-Ul-Haq Ahadi signed the MoU.
Gas oil will account for 70 percent of the exports, while gasoline and jet fuel will account for 20 percent and 10 percent, respectively.
Iraq, Afghanistan and Armenia were importers of Iranian gasoline since the country began to export domestically produced fuel, Iran's Customs Administration reported in October 2010.
In March, Iran exported the first cargo of gasoline produced inside the country to the neighboring Afghanistan, Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Alireza Zeiqami announced.
"We have exported a 1,000-tonne cargo of gasoline to Afghanistan this (Iranian year), and we are amidst negotiations to export the second and third cargoes to the country," Zeiqami told FNA at the time.
Iran increased its gasoline production after the United States and the European Union started approving their own unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, mostly targeting the country's energy and banking sectors, including a US boycott of gasoline supplies to Iran.
