Businessmen from Afghanistan and Uzbekistan purchased fuel and energy products at the auctions
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14 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.
Businessmen from Afghanistan and Uzbekistan purchased base oil (SC "Turkmennebit"), liquefied gas, and sodium chloride (SC "Turkmenchemistry") for foreign currency.
Also, representatives of business circles from Serbia, the United Arab Emirates, and Afghanistan purchased unpeeled dried roots and rhizomes of licorice, dyed fabric and men's shirts, and Portland cement for foreign currency.
The total amount of transactions was over 1 million 471 thousand US dollars.
For the domestic market, local businessmen purchased thick licorice root extract, base oil, aerated concrete blocks, raw fatty acids of cotton soapstock, cotton raw fatty acids. The total amount of transactions amounted to more than 5 million 818 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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