BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar. 9
Trend:
Turkmenistan plans to increase production volumes licorice root and its derivatives, preparing for export this year, Trend reports referring to the Asyr Altyn newspaper.
The producing teams of “Buyan” agro industrial facility in Turkmenabat started to collect the licorice root, the newspaper reports.
Big demand for the licorice in the world market is provided by the fact that it contains rich number of biologically active substances.
Modern plant for processing a part of the obtained root into dry licorice extract has been put into operation in Turkmenabat in 2008, which provided the increase of Turkmen licorice export.
Licorice root, as well as its dense and dry extracts are on high demand abroad, which is indicated by the outcomes of exchange trades.
China, Russia, USA, France, Great Britain, India, Serbia, UAE, South Korea and many others are among the countries importing licorice.