Iranian New Year holidays will halt bitumen trades from Iran

Persian calendar New Year, calling Nowrooz, will be celebrated on 21st of March. according to my experience, new orders on Bitumen, other oil products or petrochemicals can not made from two weeks before the holidays to be delivered before.
the holidays will halt the transportation as well for two weeks, or makes it very difficult. so in couple of days, we can consider the year... OVER!

Happy Persian New Year!

looking back, I can describe my business in the year 1391 (2012-2013), growing and changing!

The Growth:
we had customers in India, China and Africa previous years. in the current year we explored new countries like Sierre Leone, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Myanmar.
We also had oil products, like Bitumen, Base Oil, Slack Wax, Paraffin, etc... but this year, we started dealing with Petrochemical like PE-BL3, PP, IsoButanol and PVC

Petrochemical products have a great potential in Turkey and Pakistan, we are trying to explore and find more potential markets and clients purchasing petrochem products alongside with our oil products.

So the growth I said, performed in goods and destination markets both.

The Change:
it's all about the sanctions! we experience very tough embargoes and payment terms are influenced more than ever. ocean freights and shipping ways are also in tough conditions.
we have to be flexible in these terms to be competitive, but with the force to pay in cash to refineries and transportation, drumming etc inside the country, we can not finance all the deals we receive and therefore asking for down-payments is a must for us...

Vision for next year, 1392 (2013)
we will keep our focus on Bitumen and oil products. our drumming plant will expand its capacity to 1000 MT per day which is 50 barrels a day.
Our petrochemical products will be offered in a limited range of some PE and PP grades since we prefer to test the markets with some few reliable sources and grades of products we know we have advantages comparing to other countries supplying petrochemical goods.
Our company will lunch a new website for petrochemical products in the coming year.

Happy Nowrooz, stay healthy and keep in touch!

How buying Bitumen from Iran, can perform safer?!

I know, many traders have excessive hunger for Iranian prime and quality Bitumen, but what threatens them for a safe and hassle free purchase?

Safe Business tips to buy bitumen from Iranian exporters

1. the payment dilemma
since the Iranian refineries ask for cash in advance for bitumen, traders and brokers face financing problems. drumming, transportation, Terminal charges and Freight costs are all cash payments too. so traders should finance the deals 100% or ask for some cash payments.

2. the quality and purity problem
I'm afraid, many buyers have told stories about how they found contaminated bitumen in their drums  when they loaded to sight of construction! and you may agree that's too late for any compensation!

3. the delivery period issue
you sign a 1 month delivery contract, and you get the goods in 2 month! that simple...

one word solution for all above issues: know who you are buying from!

visit their drumming factory, visit their office in Tehran or other cities. ask them to provide you documents of last purchases from refinery and notice how frequent the dates are. and if they let, ask them to introduce you one or more trusted partners in your country of destination or neighborhood.

need to mention? WE DO ALL ABOVE! keep safe and clean in your business!

new price of bitumen: FOB Bandar Abbas, 60/70 and 85/100
new steel drums, 520 USD per MT

contact me honarparvar@gmail.com

Bitumen is back to market!

guys!
after 6 weeks of problems in bitumen supply, which was caused by some problems in Export permissions between government of Iran (ministry of commerce) and the refineries and also the custom offices, we have availability on Bitumen export again.

the price of Vacuum Bottom, the raw material for refined Bitumen has been risen up in last month, so the price of Bitumen follows the same trend and is higher than before again.

New price for Bitumen, in New Steel Drums (6 mm)
FOB Bandar Abbas : 550 USD per MT
origin Jey refinery, Isfahan, IRAN

please send your inquiries to honarparvar@gmail.com or call me directly +98 912 149 6126

Poly Ethylene and other Petrochemical products from Iran

We have new availabilities on Petrochemical products and also oil products.

PE, stands for Polyethylene is the most common plastic, with a vast range of usage for packaging, plastic bag, plastic films, geo-membranes, containers including bottles etc.

PE has a wide range of grades itself. we have PE-BL3 and PE-52518 for export right now.
both grades, EXW Factory in Assaluyeh 1410 USD per MT

Iran has a wide range of Petrochemical products for export

Base Oil for export
Base oil SN-500 virgin in flexi tanks (22 MT)
price: FOB Bandar Abbas 950 USD per MT

Base Oil SN-500 recycled is available too, price depends on the type of packing clients asks for.

Slack Wax:
Heavy Slack Wax FOB Bandar Abbas 800 USD per MT
Light Slack Wax FOB Bandar Abbas 650 USD per MT

for inquiries please contact me: honarparvar at gmail dot com
or my cell phone: +98 912 149 6126

all the prices are valid for one week (till 2nd January 2013)

Bitumen, Slack Wax and Poly Ethylene

too many problems nowadays with Iranian suppliers... sanctions and embargoes from one side and economic difficulties from the other hand...

anyway, still working! here are some new updates on prices and availability:

Bitumen 60/70 and 85/100
origin Jey Oil Refinery, Isfahan
new steel drums
FOB Bandar Abbas 525 USD per MT


Bitumen 60/70 and 85/100
origin Pasargad Oil Refinery, Tehran
new steel drums
FOB Bandar Abbas 490 USD per MT

* Tehran is the best quality among Pasargad refineries. I don't recommend other ones like Bandar Abbas or Arak

PE BL3
Jam Petrochemical Refinery
EXW factory 1400 USD per MT

Heavy Slack Wax
Sepahan refinery
FOB Bandar Abbas 800 USD per MT

all the price are valid till 19 Dec 2012
please contact me (+98 912 149 6126 / or email) for further information or visit Iran Bitumen Market website for specifications, grades, packing info and updated price every week.

Iranian government stopped supplying bitumen to traders!

all the major oil refineries supplying bitumen have been told to stop delivering new orders to traders and brokers today! this includes Jey Oil Refinery and Pasargad Oil Refinery in Isfahan, Arak, Tehran and Bandar Abbas.
the price of drummed bitumen FOB Bandar Abbas is still 450 USD per MT but it may rise because of new policies applying on export procedure and tariff or any change in oil product export rules and regulations.

I think the high USD to Rial rate which achieved recently and caused a sharp drop in all oil products including Bitumen, Base Oil etc has forced or lead the government to reconsider the export fees and costs for more trade income.

in a short run it can impose high end prices and drop in total revenue for brokers, traders, refineries and the government, but if the added expenses are reasonable, in mid term and long run it can improve the trade income of the government while it doesn't damage trade volume.

Bitumen delivery to Malaysia, Klang Port

Bitumen delivery available for the port of Klang in Malaysia
price: CIF Klang port, Malaysia - 495 USD per MT
new steel drums
grades: 60/70 and 85/100
delivery time: 30 working days

have you ever bought bitumen that easy?! :)