Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Dec. 20 / Trend H. Hasanov /
The Turkmen cotton plants continue processing raw-cotton, the newspaper "Neutral Turkmenistan" said today.
The recycled materials exceeded 520,000 tons. This figure is increasing daily.
The products obtained in enterprises include the fiber, lint, seed and ulyuk.
Cotton fiber is the main raw material of textile industry. Mary (over 180,000 tons) and Lebap (over 135,000 tons) are leading cotton processing areas today.
Turkmen cotton-growers collected about 1 million.75,000 tons of cotton in 2011.
The state concern includes six commercial cotton enterprises "Ak Altyn", two repair-supply plants, two industrial repair and supply companies, three mechanized mobile building facilities and two professional schools for training.
Cotton is one of the Turkmen strategic crops.
In this regard, the cooperation with leading foreign companies - consumers of cotton fiber is being accelerated.
The international fair of Turkmen cotton products was held in Ashgabat on Dec. 6-8, 2011.