BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 17
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Most of the Russian imports from Turkmenistan were vegetables and some edible root crops and tubers from January through May 2021, the Federal State Statistics Service of Russia told Trend.
The import of the above-mentioned Turkmen products amounted to $33.7 million, which is 53.1 percent of the total imports. At the same time, the import of the same products amounted to $17.6 million from January through May 2020, only 7.1 percent of the total imports.
In addition, cotton in the amount of $8.7 million (13.7 percent of imports) is in second place in terms of imports of Turkmen products during the reporting period, while from January through May 2020, the number of cotton imports was worth $6.2 million (2.5 percent).
In the third place – plastics and products made from them - $8.7 million from January through May of this year (13.7 percent), $18.1 million from January through May 2020 (7.3 percent).
The total trade turnover of Turkmenistan and Russia from January through May 2021 amounted to $243 million.
In general, the volume of Russian exports to Turkmenistan in the reporting period amounted to $179.5 million, while the import of goods from Turkmenistan to Russia amounted to $63.5 million.
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