Auto fuel and liquefied gas became the subject of foreign exchange transactions at the auction
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73 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.
For foreign currency, entrepreneurs from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Afghanistan purchased gasoline, diesel fuel, liquefied gas, straight-run gasoline produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries. Businessmen from Afghanistan purchased liquefied gas (SC «Turkmenchemistry») and granulated technical sulfur (SC «Turkmengas»), which also became the subject of transactions of representatives of business circles of Kazakhstan.
Also, cotton yarn was sold for foreign currency. Buying countries: UAE and Kyrgyzstan.
The total amount of foreign exchange transactions amounted to 41 million 403 thousand US dollars.
Merchants from Turkey bought cotton yarn for the amount of about 2,363,000 manats for manats.
For the local market, domestic businessmen purchased high-density polyethylene (SC "Turkmenchemistry"), handmade carpets and cotton fiber for a total amount of over 80 million 270 thousand manats.
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