BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 29
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Entrepreneurs of the UAE, Turkey, Singapore and Afghanistan purchased gasoline, aviation kerosene and petroleum coke produced at Turkmenistan's Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries of the country last week, during trading on the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, Trend reports with reference to Business Turkmenistan information portal.
Entrepreneurs from Afghanistan also purchased liquefied gas, manufactured at Turkmengas State Concern, while entrepreneurs from Oman – fine-grained potassium chloride produced at the Turkmenhimiya State Concern in foreign currency.
In addition, businessmen from Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan bought smooth-colored and jacquard terry products in foreign currency.
The total amount of the above-mentioned transactions on the exchange exceeded $30.3 million.
Last week, transactions were also made on the exchange in Turkmen manat. Thus, entrepreneurs from Russia, the UAE and Turkey purchased cotton yarn in the amount of 94.5 million manat (over $27 million).
In addition, local businessmen bought calcined petroleum coke produced at Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries for a total amount of 1.2 million manat ($357,800) in national currency.
In general, 36 transactions were registered on the exchange during the specified period.
The State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan was established on July 29, 1994. It is the most important body of state regulation of export-import operations.
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