Various types of fuel were in high demand at exchange auctions
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During the current week, 29 transactions were concluded at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan for a total of $28.4 million and 32.6 million Turkmen manats, ORIENT reports. A significant part of the total amount of transactions fell on the purchase of various types of fuel.
So, on Monday, March 6, an entrepreneur from Afghanistan purchased 1.5 thousand tons of Jet A-1 aviation kerosene, the cost of each ton of which was estimated at $837.75. The total amount of the transaction exceeded $1.2 million.
Representatives of Afghan business circles also purchased about 10,000 tons of PS 500-G0-K portland cement for a total of $395,200 that day.
On Tuesday, March 7, during the auction, a businessman from Afghanistan purchased 1.5 thousand tons of Jet A-1 jet fuel for $1.2 million. On that day, the cost of jet fuel was estimated at $826.75 per ton.
Representatives of the business circles of the UAE, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan purchased a total of 33.5 thousand tons of A-92 gasoline, offering $765.75 for each ton. The total amount of transactions exceeded $25.6 million.
On the domestic market, local entrepreneurs purchased 13 thousand tons of road oil bitumen for 32.5 thousand manats and 45.67 square meters. Meters of various handmade carpets for 117.4 thousand manats.
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