Businessmen from Afghanistan purchased liquefied gas at the auction
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11 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.
For foreign currency, entrepreneurs from Afghanistan purchased liquefied gas and sodium chloride produced at the technological units of the State Concern “Turkmenchemistry”.
Also, for foreign currency, representatives of business circles from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkey purchased cotton yarn and fabric, cotton fiber, non-distilled crude fatty acids, and cotton waste.
The total amount of transactions amounted to over 3 million 301 thousand US dollars.
For the domestic market, local businessmen purchased base oil produced by the State Concern “Turkmennebit” for a total of over 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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