BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 23. Turkmenistan increased imports of chemical products by 16.5 percent over the past year from EU countries, the source at Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, told Trend.
During the reporting period, Turkmenistan imported chemical products totaling about 129.44 million euros, which is 16.5 percent more than imports in 2022, when it amounted to 111.12 million euros.
The largest import of chemical products from EU countries occurred in July, amounting to 15.1 million euros, and the smallest - in March, amounting to 8.1 million euros.
At the same time, Turkmenistan's imports from the EU during the specified period reached a total of 669.3 million euros, which is 10.7 percent more than in the whole of 2022 (604.4 million euros).
Meanwhile, last year the trade turnover between Turkmenistan and the EU countries amounted to 1.87 billion euros, which is 87 percent more than in 2022, when it amounted to 1 billion euros.