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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Alireza Zeiqami announced on Tuesday that the country is exporting large supplies of gasoil and gasoline to four regional countries, including Iraq.

"At present 1.5mln litters of gasoil is exported to Iraq every day," Zeiqami said, adding that Afghanistan has also demanded imports of 2mln litters of gasoil which is being supplied to the country gradually.

"Armenia has also announced its readiness to import a daily volume of 1mln litters of gasoil and 1mln litters of gasoline (from Iran)," he stated.

Iran, the world's fifth-biggest crude oil exporter has long depended on imported gasoline for 30 to 40 percent of its consumption, but has now become a net exporter.

In April, the National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Company (NIOEC) announced that Iran was set to increase its gasoline output by more than four times, from the current 42 million liters (11.09 million gallons) per day to 186 million liters (49.1 million gallons) per day in a five-year period.

Also earlier in April, Iran's former Oil Minister Massoud Mir-Kazzemi announced that the country planned to boost its daily gasoline output by 22 million liters this year.

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