TEHRAN May 19(NIPNA)--Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has allocated as much as 17.5 million dollars for funding environmental projects by the end of the 6th development plan of the country, a senior NPC official said.

TEHRAN May 19(NIPNA)--Kharg Petrochemical Plant raised its output by 13% year-on-year last Iranian calendar year to March 20, despite all the challenges it was faced with because of the western sanctions on Iran, an official with the company said.

TEHRAN May 19(NIPNA)--A member of the planning, budget, and auditing committee of the parliament says production of consumer products by the petrochemical sector is of vital importance to the country's economic growth.