The latest report from the Iranian steel producers’ association says that country’s exports of steel have passed nine million metric tons in the first nine months of the Iranian calendar year starting on March 21, 2023.

Such a figure is considered as a new record the latest of which goes back to about two years ago, according to the report on Thursday.

The association’s report indicates that over half of the value of the country’s exports of iron and steel is allocated to ingots and slabs.