Up to 10th of December 557 KT of commodities worth more than $150 million were traded on spot and secondary markets of Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME), indicating 80 percent growth in volume and 24 percent growth is value.

According to the report from IME International Affairs and PR office, last week, on the domestic and export metals and minerals pit of IME, approximately 265,304 MT of various products worth more than $82 million were traded.

On this trading floor, 148,711 MT of steel products, 110 KT of iron ore, 4,470 MT of copper products, 1,980 MT of aluminum, 140 MT of molybdenum concentrate, 3 MT of precious metals concentrates and 20 Kg of gold bullion were traded.

The report declares that on the domestic and export oil and petrochemical pit of IME, approximately 269,158 MT of various products worth more than 97 million USD were traded.

On this trading floor, more than 91,726 MT of bitumen, 30,787 MT of polymer products, 111,820 MT of VB, 14,500 MT of lube cut, 15,285 MT of chemical products, 400 MT of insulation, 2,620 MT of sulfur, 2 KT of slaps waxes and 20 MT of argon gas were traded.

Moreover, on the agricultural trading floor, 21 KT of maize in certificate of deposit worth more than 4.3 million USD from Khuzestan and 1 KT of crude vegetable oil were traded by the customers.