On Thursday, January 12, 20 deals totaling $2 million and 17.5 million Turkmen manats were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.
A business meeting of representatives of the business circles of Turkmenistan and France took place in Paris. The negotiations were held in the format of a business lunch, which was attended by representatives of the French companies VINCI Construction, CARPI Tech, MEDEF International, SAFRAN, PMJC, CIS Energy, IN Groupe, Thomson Broadcast, Oberthur, Airbus D&S, Saberatours and a number of others.
The possibilities of creating a National Technical Working Group on Global GAP in Turkmenistan, as well as the benefits that it will bring to agricultural producers and the country's economy, were discussed at consultations in Ashgabat on Thursday. The event was held by the Program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) "Safe migration in Central Asia" jointly with the Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists of Turkmenistan and the German company for certification of agricultural quality standards Global GAP with the participation of the Union of Economists of Turkmenistan.
On Tuesday, January 10, 4 deals totaling $11.9 million and 11.2 million Turkmen manats were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.
The State Customs Service of Turkmenistan has established "Green Corridors" at the border customs posts of the country for cargo carriers who use TIR Carnets — a transport document to facilitate and accelerate the passage of borders.
A new well number 60 has been commissioned at one of the world's largest gas fields, Galkynysh in Turkmenistan, the website of the Oil and Gas Complex of Turkmenistan reports.
The World Bank has updated the forecast of global economic growth for 2023, reducing this indicator from 3% to 1.7%, the official website of the World Bank reports.
A trade and exhibition platform for Russian manufacturers "Trading House of Russia" will be opened in the capital of Turkmenistan, the website of the CCI of the Russian Federation reported on Wednesday.
Kazakhstan intends to deliver to Germany the first 20 thousand tons of oil in January through Russia, TASS reports with reference to the words of the Minister of energy of the Republic Bolat Akchulakov.
The Turkmen-Russian business forum will be held in Ashgabat on January 19-20, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation reported on its website.
Tajik media holding "Asia-Plus" has published data on how much water each of the Central Asian countries will receive in 2023 from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya basins.
Masdar company from the UAE will build a new wind power plant (WPP) with a capacity of 500 MW in the Uzbek city of Zarafshan. This project received the PFI Awards as the deal of the Year in Central Asia. This is reported by the newspaper "Fergana" with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade of Uzbekistan.
The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of Turkmenistan and the People's Republic of China on the interfacing of the international initiatives "Revival of the Great Silk Road" and "One Belt and One Road" is an important outcome of the visit of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov to China. This was stated by the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Wang Wenbin at a press conference on January 10.
In 2022, the volume of traffic between China and Europe reached a new milestone, despite the fact that it was probably one of the most volatile years in Eurasian transport. According to the data released by the Working Conference of China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. in early January, China-Europe trains made 16,000 trips in 2022 and delivered 1.6 million TEU.
The exotic banana has "taken root" in Turkmenistan and is now grown here by more than one farm. The company "Hemsaýa" has broken up a banana plantation in the Akhal region – a tropical fruit grows in a greenhouse that covers an area of 5 hectares, the publication "Rysgal" reports.
