TEHRAN (IRNA) – Some 870,581 tons of steel worth 353.522 million dollars were exported over the first four-month period of the current year.

A report released by Mines & Development weekly said that a 28 percent increase is observed in the figure compared to similar period last year.

The specified amount of steel has been exported by various steel companies including Mobarakeh Steel Co. (MSC), Esfahan Steel Co. (ESC), Khuzestan Steel Complex (KSC), Iran's National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG), and Khorasan and Azarbaijan Steel companies.