Fuel and energy products were sold for export and domestic markets at the action
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79 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.
Business representatives from Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Turkey purchased hydrotreated diesel fuel, petroleum road bitumen, and base oil (Turkmennebit) for foreign currency.
Cotton yarn and unpeeled dried licorice roots and rhizomes were also sold for foreign currency. The buyers were Azerbaijan, Serbia, and Kyrgyzstan.
The total transaction value exceeded $45.47 million.
Domestic entrepreneurs purchased petroleum road bitumen and packaging film (Turkmennebit), as well as cotton yarn for the domestic market for a total of 172 million 780 thousand manats.
Refined products were in the lead in the auctions
At the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, 47 transactions were registered last week.
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