Over $254m paid to SMEs, semi-finished projects in 5 months

TEHRAN - Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade’s data show that 73.025 trillion rials (about $254.4 million) has been paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and semi-finished industrial projects with an over 60 percent physical progress during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22).