ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, April 27. Turkmenistan is striving to increase the volume of foreign trade turnover to $20.7 billion this year, Trend reports.
Merdanguly Palivanov, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of
Turkmenistan, made this statement at the International Forum to
Attract Foreign Investments in Turkmenistan's Energy Sector, which
was held in Paris.
During his speech, he provided projections for Turkmenistan's
national economy's growth in 2024, emphasizing that the country's
GDP will continue to rise at a rate of 6.3 percent.
Furthermore, Palivanov stated that the country intends to continue
assisting small and medium-sized firms this year in order to raise
the private sector's share of the GDP structure (excluding the fuel
and energy complex) to 71.4 percent.
Meanwhile, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov recently noted that the GDP growth rate of Turkmenistan from January through March 2024 remained stable at 6.3 percent.
The President added that during the specified period, the growth rate of Turkmenistan's industrial sector reached 4.7 percent, in the transport and communications sector - 6.6 percent, in the service sector - 7.6 percent, in trade - 8.2 percent, and in agriculture - 4.1 percent.