BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 17. Entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, UAE and Afghanistan purchased ECO-93 brand gasoline during trading on May 3 through 4 at the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan, Trend reports with reference to the exchange.
Businessmen from Hong Kong, UAE and Afghanistan purchased 70,000 tons of ECO-93 brand gasoline on the exchange at a price of $679.5 per ton. The total amount of the transactions was $47.5 million.
At the same time, according to the exchange, on the same day, entrepreneurs from Türkiye purchased 770 tons of cotton yarn in the amount of $1.6 million.
ECO-93 is an environmentally friendly gasoline that is produced in Turkmenistan from natural gas at a plant in the Ahal region.
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.