Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have agreed to increase the trade turnover of the republics to two billion US dollars by the end of 2023, the press service of the Kyrgyz government told RIA Novosti.
Since the beginning of this week, 29 deals totaling $28.4 million and 32.6 million Turkmen manats have been made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, with the financial support of the European Union, organized an eight-day training in Turkmenistan dedicated to launching and scaling sales on the Internet using digital marketing tools. The opening of the training took place at the Archabil Hotel.
A number of major international events are planned in China this year, China Daily reports. One of the main ones among them will be the third Forum on International Cooperation "One Belt, One Road" within the framework of the initiative of the same name. This year the project turns 10 years old.
The first tender for domestically produced oil was held in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Mining and Petroleum in the Taliban government said.
The UAE Cabinet of Ministers ratified on Tuesday an agreement with Turkmenistan on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters and approved the establishment of an office of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in the country.
Dmitry Zhirnov, in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper, noted that Russian pipe manufacturers are ready to join the construction of the Afghan section of the gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India, TASS reports.
Minister of Roads and Urban Development of Iran Mehrdada Bazrpash will pay a visit to Turkmenistan. This is stated in the message of the Iranian news agency "Mehr" about the meeting held in Tehran on the eve of this visit to prepare for the 17th meeting of the Turkmen-Iranian joint economic commission, which will be held in Ashgabat.
Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and in the future Turkmenistan, as well as exporters of liquefied natural gas, including Algeria, Qatar, the United States and other countries, will be able to become gas suppliers through the hub in Turkey, Evgenia Popova, an analyst at Vygon Consulting, said in a comment to RIA Novosti.
Kazakhstan plans to sign an agreement with China on the development of the Trans-Caspian Transport Route (TCTR). The agreement will simplify customs procedures and approve guaranteed volumes of traffic on the route. These issues were discussed at a meeting in the government chaired by Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov, the press service of the Government of Kazakhstan reports.
On Friday, March 3, at the auction of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, 2 deals were made for a total of $480 thousand, the correspondent of ORIENT reports.
The private sector of Turkmenistan increased the production of agricultural and food products in January-February 2023 by 39.5% compared to the same period last year. We are talking about enterprises that are members of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the country (UIET).
The growth in electricity production in Turkmenistan in January-February 2023 amounted to 106.3%, and its exports during this period - 101.6%.
The best performance in the fuel and energy complex of Turkmenistan in January-February 2023 was achieved in the production of lubricating oils - the planned target was fulfilled by 110.7%. With excess of the plan - by 105% - polypropylene was produced in the country, diesel fuel - by 100.8%.
The GDP growth of Turkmenistan in January-February 2023 amounted to 6.2%. Production during this period increased by 6% compared to the same period in 2022. In the same ratio, the volume of export/import of the country grew by 3.4% percent, and the domestic retail trade turnover - by 9.5%.
