Oil bitumen and polypropylene became the subject of transactions at the auction
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16 transactions were registered at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.
For foreign currency, businessmen from the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan purchased oil road bitumen produced at the technological units of the SC “Turkmennebit”.
Also, textile industry products were sold for foreign currency, including bedding sets, plain-dyed and jacquard terry products, cotton and denim fabrics, as well as cotton yarn. Buyer countries: China, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan.
The total amount of transactions amounted to more than 3 million 608 thousand US dollars.
For the domestic market, domestic entrepreneurs purchased polypropylene (produced by the SC “Turkmennebit”) in the amount of 13 million 25 thousand manats.
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