Foreign and domestic businessmen purchased fuel and energy products at exchange trades
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53 transactions were registered at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.
Business representatives from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Afghanistan, Georgia, and Uzbekistan purchased polypropylene, base oil, and gasoline produced at the processing facilities of the State Concern Turkmennebit using foreign currency, while businessmen from Singapore purchased urea produced by the State Concern Turkmenchemistry.
Wheat flour, plain-dyed and jacquard terry products, terry cloth, medical cotton wool, cotton swabs, and cotton yarn were also sold for foreign currency. The purchasing countries included the UAE, Turkey, and Azerbaijan.
The total value of the transactions exceeded $350,748,000.
Domestic entrepreneurs purchased polypropylene, base oil, heating oil and packaging film (Turkmennebit), as well as wheat flour for the domestic market for a total of 269 million 30 thousand manats.
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