Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Aug. 30
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
The production of textile products from domestic cotton is the main activity of local enterprise "Batly-Gadam", the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan said in a statement.
Cotton yarn and socks are in demand outside the country. These products are supplied to Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey and Russia.
The company plans to export its products to Kazakhstan and Afghanistan as well.
The company's factory is in the administrative center of Balkan region, and is a major manufacturer of hosiery products in Turkmenistan. The annual output amounts to 18 million pairs of socks made on the basis of environmentally friendly raw materials, which attracts buyers and contributes to the expansion of the "geography" of exports.
Turkmenistan grows more than one million tons of cotton annually, which serves as a raw material base for the development of the textile industry. Up to 70 percent of the grown raw materials are processed in the country.
The textile industry of Turkmenistan is represented by a wide range of the exported goods – from cotton fiber and yarn to ready-made garments and knitwear, which are produced by the largest complexes in Central Asia, located in the capital and in all regions of the country.
The products of home textiles, sports and jeans wear, produced under world-famous trademarks of IKEA, Puma, Wal-Mart, Lidl, Bershka; Pull&Bear, River Island, Cosco constitute a substantial part of the products of Turkmenistan supplied abroad.
