BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 7
By Amina Nazarli - Trend:
The total amount of transactions at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan amounted to $52.06 million last week, Trend reported citing Turkmenportal.
Last week 36 transactions were registered at the exchange.
Entrepreneurs from Switzerland and the UAE purchased low-sulphur fuel oil produced at the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries, and entrepreneurs from Afghanistan bought ECO-93 gasoline produced at an enterprise within the structure of the State Concern Turkmenhimiya.
Turkmen businessmen spent more than 53.79 million manats ($15.32 million) on high-density polyethylene and hand-woven carpets for the domestic market.
A week ago, the amount of foreign exchange transactions on the stock exchange of Turkmenistan surpassed $39 million.