Businessmen from Afghanistan purchased fuel and energy products at exchange trades
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15 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.
Representatives of Afghan business circles purchased liquefied gas, aviation kerosene and petroleum road bitumen (SC "Turkmennebit"), as well as sodium chloride and motor gasoline produced at the technological units of the State Concern "Turkmenchemistry" for foreign currency.
Aerated concrete blocks, cotton fiber, cotton yarn and fabric, granulated laundry soap were also sold for foreign currency. Buyer countries: Afghanistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan.
The total amount of transactions was over 41 million 130 thousand US dollars.
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