ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, March 19. Turkmenistan held auctions on its State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange last week, selling raw materials worth over $77 million, Trend reports.
The exchange states that this is a decrease of approximately 29.7 percent over the preceding reporting period, during which the cost of sold raw materials was $109.6 million.
The Turkmennebit State Concern's enterprises produced aviation kerosene, RON-92 gasoline, hydrotreated diesel fuel, liquefied gas, fuel oil, base oil, and packaging film were bought by business representatives from Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, and Malta in exchange for foreign money.
Furthermore, transactions involving liquefied gas and urea
manufactured by Turkmenhimiya State Concern firms involved
representatives from the business circles of Afghanistan and the
United Arab Emirates.
Concurrently, businesses from Azerbaijan and Türkiye purchased
smooth-dyed and jacquard terry goods, cotton yarn, and purified
cotton waste for a total of more than $77 million in foreign
exchange.
For a total of more than 28.2 million Turkmen manats ($8 million),
domestic businessmen bought flat glass, cotton yarn, petroleum
bitumen, and handmade carpets for the home market.
Last week's auctions of Turkmenistan's State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange yielded 37 transactions.
