This year, in Dashoguz Velayat, it is planned to produce 230,000 tons of cotton from 140,000 hectares of cotton plantations. The specialized highly productive equipment allow maintaining the high paces of the harvesting campaign.

The Kiyanly Gas Chemical Complex for the production of polyethylene and polypropylene that was commissioned today with the participation of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will become a valuable addition to the capacities of the domestic gas chemical industry.

The important seasonal agricultural campaign – cotton harvesting – is now gathering momentum. Every day thousands of tons of ‘white gold’ are delivered to the cotton-receiving centers all over the country.

During the examination of the new polymer plant in Kiyanly, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov visited the end product packaging workshop that will produce seven types of polyethylene and five types of polypropylene by introducing various additives and fillers into the polymer material at high temperature.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov attended the opening ceremony of the Kiyanly Gas Chemical Complex for production of polyethylene and polypropylene to press the button that launched the production process and to examine technological processes.

All efforts of cotton harvest campaign in Lebap Velayat are aimed to finish it as soon as possible. Timely agricultural activities on 120,000 hectares of cotton fields, sowing of the most adapted cotton species as Yoloten 7, S-2606, Ash-37 allowed farmers growing good yield of this valuable agricultural crop. The farmers of Lebap velayat plan to deliver 300,000 tons of raw cotton to the state.

38 transactions were concluded at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.

At extended session of the Government on October 12, Vice-premier M. Meredov reported on realization of the Programme of development of oil and gas industry until 2030 and outcomes of work of the sector under his supervision for the past nine months.

The Ministry of Industry fulfilled production plan by 114.4 percent for nine months of 2018, at the same time, the growth rate was increased by 112.9 percent comparing with the same period of the last year.

By the outcomes of nine months of 2018, the growth rate of the GDP is observed on 6.2 percent level including 4.2 percent n industrial sector, 0.6 percent in construction, 10.8 percent in transport and communication complex, 7.6 percent in trade, 4.9 percent in agriculture and 10.6 percent in service sphere.