BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 18
By Amina Nazarli - Trend:
Turkmenistan’s private sector exported 10,500 tons of tomatoes in January 2022, Trend reports citing the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan (UIET).
Tomatoes are in high demand in international markets, according to the UIET, and were primarily exported to Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the UAE during the reporting period.
The union stated that the UIET's member enterprises are actively involved in crop cultivation in Turkmen greenhouses.
Agriculture in Turkmenistan is developing rapidly. It is one of the most important sectors of the country's economy. Currently, Turkmenistan is constructing 188 greenhouse complexes covering 1,792 hectares.
The vast majority of the greenhouse tomatoes are destined for export.
Turkmenistan exported 51,314 tons of tomatoes worth more than $56 million to foreign countries during the 11 months of 2021.
Turkmen greenhouse tomatoes accounted for the lion's share of sales in Tajikistan's greenhouse vegetable market. Turkmenistan, which exported greenhouse tomatoes to Tajikistan for the first time in 2020, has surpassed Uzbekistan, which was previously the undisputed leader in greenhouse tomato exports to Tajikistan.
Moreover, Turkmenistan is also overtaking Uzbekistan in Russia's greenhouse tomato market. The country became the fourth among the suppliers of tomatoes to Russia, with more than 32,000 tons of this vegetable sent to Moscow and the Moscow Region, St. Petersburg and the Ural regions in January through November 2021.