8th session of joint Turkmen – German Committee was held in Berlin on April 29 – May 1. During the meeting, the sides exchanged the opinions on further development of trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian relations between two countries, on attraction of investments to the programmes and bog projects in Turkmenistan including in oil, gas and energy industries and transport and transit sphere.

The indicators of 4 months of 2018 for the Ministry of Industry in terms of the volume of products, works and services performed amounted to 126.5 percent, compared to the same period of the last year, the growth rate is 111, 1 percent.

Since the beginning of the year, the volume of trade turnover in the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations has increased by 5.1 percent compared to the same period in 2017.

The results of 4 months of 2018 testify to the stable operation of oil and gas enterprises. The plan for oil and gas condensate production was fulfilled by 102.2 percent, processing of hydrocarbon raw materials by 101.6 percent, production of gasoline by 102.1 percent, diesel fuel by 100.2 percent, polypropylene by 102 percent, lubricating oils - 107.6 percent, liquefied gas - 102.7 percent, investment development - 102.8 percent. The construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline is carried out according to the plan.

A forum, devoted to the 10th anniversary of the Manager Training Program in Turkmenistan, has taken place in a conference hall of the capital’s Ýyldyz Hotel. The Program has been co-implemented by the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany and the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). Seminars and training workshops were organized as part of the event.

50 transactions were registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.

International Hotel Tashkent hosted Turkmen – Uzbek business forum timed to the state visit of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The National exhibition of Turkmenistan that showcased the wide range of goods produced by the leading branches of the national economy of Turkmenistan, including the petrochemical, textile, food, medical industries, the agriculture, construction materials industry, transport and logistics were held in the Uzexpocentre in Tashkent.

The result of the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Materials exchange of Turkmenistan was 134 transactions.

Information on the preparation of Turkmenbashy International Seaport was presented at the Government session on April 20.