OREANDA-NEWS. December 6, 2011. Transactions amounted to over USD 220 billion were concluded with foreign businessmen at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

33 transactions were concluded at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week. Businessmen from the United Arab Emirates, Denmark, Tajikistan and the Virgin Islands bought gasoline of various kinds, TC-1 aviation kerosene, diesel fuel, residual fuel oil and polypropylene produced at the Turkmenbashi oil refineries for the foreign currency. Businessmen from Afghanistan and the Virgin Islands concluded the transactions for M-100 black oil and diesel fuel produced at the Seydi oil refinery. Buyers from Russia, Turkey, Afghanistan and the Virgin Islands concluded the transactions for one-coloured and jacquard terry towels, cotton fibre, cattle skin. The transactions concluded in the foreign currency totalled over USD 220.42 billion.

The transactions in deposit manats were concluded for one-coloured and jacquard terry towels, textile goods, licorice extract, cotton yarn and cotton wool, karakul wool, cotton cake. The buyer-countries: the United States, Russia, UK, Hong Kong (PRC), UAE, Ukraine, Kyrguzstan. The transactions totalled over 4.26 billion deposit manats.

Turkmen businessmen bought bread wheat to the sum of 71,250 manats.