Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 29

19-Jul-2010

IRAN

Iranian Gasoline Imports Halved In First Quarter, IEA Assesses Impact Of Sanctions

Iranian gasoline imports almost halved during the first quarter of the current Iranian year (21 March 2010 20 March 2011) to 507,250 tons of gasoline worth $376mn,ISNA news agency reported on 13 July. In the same period last year Iran imported 1.033mn tons of gasoline at a total cost of $911mn. Meanwhile, the International Energy Agency (IEA) noted in its...