Iran Exporting Bitumen to 19 Countries: Official


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The managing director of Iran’s Jey Oil Refining Company said the company, the biggest exporter of bitumen in Iran and the Middle East, is exporting the product to 19 countries.

Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Majid Azami said the Jey Oil Refining Company is among the top ten brands of bitumen in the world.

He said since the beginning of the current Persian calendar year (March 2019 – March 2020), the company has managed to export 572,000 tons of bitumen.

The official went on to say that the product has been exported to 19 countries, mostly neighbors.

Azami also predicted that the company’s total value of bitumen exports in the current Persian year would reach 450 million dollars. 

The Jey Oil Refining Company, established in 2003, owns one of the largest bitumen production units in the Middle East which is producing various types of top quality bitumen in the world, according to its website.

Seventy percent of its products are exported globally. One of the major objectives of the company is to fulfill domestic demands based on the latest standards as well as successful presence in global markets by providing high quality products.

The refinery has four separate bitumen production units, which are producing blown bitumen by two units, bitumen emulsion and cutback bitumen.