The total amount of transactions at the SCRMET auctions amounted to more than 15 million 505 thousand US dollars
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Last week, 23 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reports.
For foreign currency, representatives of business circles from Türkiye, Afghanistan, Georgia and Tajikistan purchased petroleum road bitumen, diesel fuel, liquefied gas produced at the technological units of the State Concern «Türkmennebit», as well as liquefied gas produced by the SC «Türkmengaz».
In addition, licorice root extract was sold for foreign currency, which was purchased by entrepreneurs from Serbia. The total amount of transactions amounted to more than 15 million 505 thousand US dollars.
For the domestic market, domestic businessmen purchased base oil and petroleum road bitumen (SC «Türkmennebit»), as well as float sheet glass, hand-made carpets and purified cotton spinning waste. The total amount of transactions exceeded 13 million 312 thousand manats.
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