BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 23
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
A large amount of food oil was exported from the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to Turkmenistan from January through August 2020, Trend reports citing statistics from the Eurasian economic Commission.
The total volume of exported olive oil to Turkmenistan is almost 3 tons, palm oil- over 287 tons, which is 4.6 times more than the export of similar products in the same period of last year, and sunflower oil – 27,696 tons (an increase of 3 times).
The total amount of exported olive oil is $6,480, palm oil- $258,714, which is 4.3 times more than the amount of exports of similar products in the same period of last year, and sunflower oil-$24.6 million (an increase of 3 times).
Olive and palm oil were exported to Turkmenistan from Russia, while sunflower oil was exported from Russia and Kazakhstan.
The soybean oil was also exported to Turkmenistan during this period. According to statistics, Belarus was the only exporter of soybean oil to Turkmenistan among the EAEU countries during this period.
Thus, Belarus exported 117, 240 tons of soybean oil to Turkmenistan for a total amount of $102,851.
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