Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 41

12-Oct-2009

IRAN

$6.5Bn Required To Cover Further Fuel Imports, Says Petroleum Ministry Official

An estimated $6.5bn is required to pay for further anticipated gasoline and diesel fuel import requirements in the current Iranian year (21 March 2009 20 March 2010), according to Deputy Minister of Petroleum for Planning Ebrahim Raad-Afzoon. He told Mehr News Agency on 5 October that a draft fuel importation bill, due to be debated by the Majlis, has been...