Last week, 20 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

 Businessmen from the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and other countries purchased motor gasoline, aviation kerosene, paraffin slack produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries for foreign currency, and entrepreneurs from Afghanistan purchased liquefied gas produced at the Seydi refinery.

 Also, plain-dyed and jacquard terry products, cotton yarn, which were purchased by representatives of business circles from the United Arab Emirates and Kyrgyzstan, were sold for foreign currency.

 The total amount of transactions amounted to more than 7 million 897 thousand US dollars.

 Cotton yarn and handmade carpets became the subject of transactions for manats.  Buyer countries: Russia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Kazakhstan.  The total amount of transactions amounted to over 31 million 947 thousand manats.

 For the local market, domestic businessmen purchased Portland cement worth 164,275 US dollars, as well as high-density polyethylene (SC «Turkmenchemistry») and handmade carpets worth more than 13,321,000 manats.