ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, August 1. Enterprises of the Balkan region located in the west of Turkmenistan manufactured industrial products worth more than 10 billion Turkmen manats ($2.85 billion) from January through June this year, Trend reports.
According to official data, during these months, the enterprises of the region increased the production of industrial products by 2 percent compared to the same period last year.
Half of the output volume was produced by the private sector, which owns the vast majority of the cost of retail trade, whose figures for this period reached more than 3.6 billion Turkmen manat ($1.02 billion), 3.3 billion ($941.89 million) of which also accounted for entrepreneurs. In general, this segment of the economy grew by 9 percent.
The Balkan region is the largest territorial unit of Turkmenistan, which has large oil and gas fields and related infrastructure.
In addition, key trade routes within international transport corridors run through the region.