Foreign and domestic companies actively purchased fuel and energy products at exchange trades
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34 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.
Representatives of business circles from Turkey, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, and Malta purchased petroleum road bitumen, liquefied gas, aviation kerosene, polypropylene, and low-sulfur fuel oil produced at the technological units of the State Concern "Turkmennebit" for foreign currency.
Coarse calico and fabric, cotton yarn, and cotton fiber were also sold for foreign currency. Buyer countries: Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Turkey. The total amount of transactions was over 38 million 127 thousand US dollars.
Local entrepreneurs purchased aerated concrete blocks, base oil and petroleum road bitumen (SC "Turkmennebit"), as well as textile waste, cotton yarn, coextrusion packaging film and cotton fiber for the domestic market for a total of 72 million 880 thousand manats.
Auto fuel and liquefied gas became the subject of foreign exchange transactions at the auction
73 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.
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Jet fuel and polypropylene purchased at auction
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