ONESTONE CONSULTING S.L.

Iran’s cement industry after the sanctions

1 Projected GDP growth IMF
2 Development of nominal GDP IMF
3 Iran’s oil export projections IMF
4 Number of construction permits CBI
5 Floor space from construction permits CBI
6 Private sector investment in new buildings CBI
7 Grey cement and clinker production FKCC, OneStone Research
8 Cement consumption and surplus FKCC, OneStone Research
9 Cement and clinker exports FKCC, OneStone Research
10 Major export ­countries FKCC, OneStone Research
11 Hegmatan Cement Tehran Cement
12 Faraz Firouzkuh Cement ECIC
13 Neyzar Qom Cement ECIC
14 Saman Gharb plant Saman Gharb Cement
15 Lamerd plant Lamerd Cement
16 Benvid White plant Benvid White Cement
17 Consumption and surplus projection OneStone Research
18 Capacity development FKCC, OneStone Research
Farsnov Cement FKCC

The lifting of economic sanctions paves the way for an improved economic development in Iran. This article provides an overview of the economic outlook for Iran, the situation of the cement industry and the kind of opportunities that exist for the industry and its suppliers.

1 Iran sanctions after Implementation day

On 16.01.2016, which is called the Implementation day, the European Union, the United States and the United Nations lifted a number of sanctions targeting Iran. While the EU lifted the economical/financial sanctions and most of the restrictions on trade with Iran, the US only lifted the so-called secondary sanctions for non-US financial institutions, which means that the US embargo on Iran and US dollar clearing restrictions remain in place. So, non-US banks may be able to do business in Iran, but will still be unable to be paid in US dollars. However,...

TEXT Dr. Joachim Harder, OneStone Consulting S.L., Barcelona/Spain
This article appeared in

ZKG 7-8/2016

This article appeared in

ZKG 7-8/2016

Ressort:  Markets and Trends
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