Trade turnover between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan has tripled over the past few years
20:25 05.10.2021 3628
(Photo: Sputnik Uzbekistan)
Trade turnover between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan has tripled over the past few years, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of the Republic Sardor Umurzakov said at the Turkmen-Uzbek Economic Forum on Monday, Sputnik Uzbekistan news agency reported.
It was also noted that for eight months of this year, trade between neighboring states increased by 25% and amounted to USD 418.1 million.
During the meeting, Umurzakov said that this year Uzbekistan became the beneficiary of the EU's GSP+ system of preferences, which allows importing more than 6 thousand different types of goods to Europe duty-free. As he mentioned, entrepreneurs of the two countries can jointly use this opportunity to jointly develop industry and exports.
According to statistics, in 2020 the trade turnover between the two countries amounted to 527 million USD.
Within the framework of the Ashgabat agreement, both countries participate in the creation of sub-regional transport corridors Russia-Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Oman-India and China-Central Asia-Caspian-South Caucasus-Europe, which allows direct access to foreign markets.
Turkmenistan and Tajikistan intend to intensify cooperation in the field of transport
Following the summit talks, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan on Wednesday signed intergovernmental agreements on cooperation in the field of railway transport, transportation and transit of goods and passengers, an agreement was reached on the opening of regular flights.
Ankara strives to become a corridor for transporting Turkmen energy to Western markets – Ambassador of Turkey
Ambassador of Turkey to Turkmenistan Ahmet Demirok, at a press conference at his residence in Ashgabat on January 25, expressed hope that work on transporting Turkmen natural gas and electricity to Western markets will begin in the near future.
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Emomali Rahmon agreed to develop trade and economic partnership
The roadmap to increase trade between the government of Turkmenistan and the government of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2022–2023 was signed following the talks between Presidents Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Emomali Rahmon last Wednesday.
Turkmenistan and Tajikistan signed intergovernmental agreement on the supply of petroleum products and liquefied gas
The agreement between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on the supply of petroleum products and liquefied petroleum gas was signed among a package of 20 documents on Wednesday following negotiations between the Presidents of the two countries Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Emomali Rahmon.
Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty discussed priority areas of cooperation with the Prime Minister of Hungary
On Thursday, Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban arrived in the capital of Turkmenistan on a two-day official visit, the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reports.