SHANA � The CEO of PETZONE said exports of petrochemicals from the special petrochemical economic zone were be facilitated by launching a new export corridor.

According to the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), Omid Shahidinia said the corridor facilitated export of petrochemicals in the region, adding the jetties of the zone were designed for exporting liquid petrochemicals and solid ones would be exported from the jetties of Bandar Imam Port.

He further said that mechanism to export only through Bandar Imam Port slowed down export operations, adding one of the bottlenecks of export terminal was the customs red tape which had been alleviated in the new export facilities in the PETZONE.

The official went on to add that plans were under way to start exporting items in containers from the PETZONE.