BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 6. Turkmenistan's exports of mineral products to EU countries have been actively growing since 2018, and last year they reached their maximum value for this period, the source at Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, told Trend.
According to the data received, Turkmenistan's exports of mineral products to EU countries last year amounted to over 1.05 billion euros, which is more than five times more than in 2018, when it amounted to 187.84 million euros.
Furthermore, in the period from 2018 through 2023, Turkmenistan is gradually increasing the volume of exports of mineral products to EU countries, reaching a total of over 2.36 billion euros.
The largest volume of Turkmenistan's exports of mineral products to the EU in recent years fell in 2023, thereby setting a new record for the last six years.
At the same time, the smallest volume of exports of mineral products by Turkmenistan to EU countries fell in 2022, which amounted to 169.43 million euros, which is more than six times less than the import figure for last year.
Turkmenistan's exports of mineral products to the EU in January 2024 amounted to 71.9 million euros, which is more than 32 times higher than the figure for the same month last year, which amounted to almost 2.2 million euros.
Turkmenistan's exports of mineral products to EU countries over the past 6 years:
| Year | Amount |
| 2023 | 1.05 billion euros |
| 2022 | 169.43 million euros |
| 2021 | 427.47 million euros |
| 2020 | 197.41 million euros |
| 2019 | 333.97 million euros |
| 2018 | 187.84 million euros |