Trade turnover between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in 2021 reached 902 million US dollars, - Shavkat Mirziyoyev
15:48 15.07.2022 5068
In recent years, the trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan has grown 5 times, reaching $902 million last year. This was stated by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev following a meeting with his Turkmen counterpart Serdar Berdimuhamedov in Tashkent, according to the video of the information program "Watan" of the Turkmen television.
- Trade turnover increased by 70% last year and reached $902 million. We have never had this. For half a year - more than 400 million, - Sh. Mirziyoyev said, adding that “these figures are not the limit.”
According to him, there are all opportunities to bring the volume of trade to more than 1 billion US dollars by the end of this year, and in the medium term it can be doubled, because there is every reason for this.
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