Turkish businessmen purchased petroleum bitumen at the auction
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16 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.
Representatives of business circles from Turkey purchased petroleum road bitumen produced at the technological installations of the State Concern "Turkmennebit" for foreign currency.
Cotton fabric and yarn, which were purchased by entrepreneurs from Kyrgyzstan, were also sold for foreign currency.
The total amount of transactions amounted to more than 835 thousand US dollars.
Local entrepreneurs purchased petroleum road bitumen and base oil (SC "Turkmennebit") for the domestic market, as well as aerated concrete blocks, dyed fabric, cotton yarn, textile waste for a total of over 18 million 391 thousand manats.
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