Businessmen from the UAE and Afghanistan purchased fuel and energy products at the auctions
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13 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.
Entrepreneurs from the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan purchased low-sulfur fuel oil, aviation kerosene produced by the SC "Turkmennebit", sodium chloride (SC "Turkmenchemistry"), and Portland cement for foreign currency.
Representatives of business circles from China, Serbia, the UAE, and Kyrgyzstan also purchased licorice rhizomes, raw satin and calico fabric, bedding sets, cotton yarn, and cotton fiber for foreign currency.
The total amount of transactions was more than 9 million 77 thousand US dollars.
Polypropylene, packaging film of the SC "Turkmennebit", and cotton fiber were sold to the domestic market for a total of 10 million 446 thousand manats.
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