BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 23. Businessmen from Afghanistan purchased polypropylene during trading on February 13 at the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan, Trend reports with reference to the Turkmen media.
Entrepreneurs from Afghanistan purchased 1,000 tons of polypropylene of the TPP D 30 S brand on the exchange at a price of $1,130 per ton. The total amount of the transaction was over $1.1 million.
At the same time, according to the exchange, on January 30, 2023, businessmen from UAE, Türkiye, and Afghanistan purchased 24,500 tons of RON 92 gasoline for a total of $19 million.
Turkmenistan ranks among the world's leading countries in terms of oil and gas reserves. The country pays great attention to the construction of oil and gas processing plants, as well as the export of energy resources to world markets.
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.