VOL. XLIII

No. 50

11-December-2000

IRAN

Irans NPC To Hike LPG Exports By 20% In 2001

Irans National Petrochemical Company (NPC) plans to boost its LPG exports to 1.2mn tons/year in 2001, up from 1mn t/y this year, according to the Iran Daily newspaper of 29 November. Most of the exports will be destined for Japan and China through NPCs trading arm, the Petrochemical Commercial Company, the newspaper said.

NPC was said to have expanded its LPG production capacity from 1.2mn t/y to 1.5mn t/y this...