By the outcomes of the first quarter of 2018, the growth rate of the GDP made 6.2 percent including 4.6 percent growth in industrial complex, 10.5 percent in transport and communication sector, 7.6 percent in trade, 3.2 percent in agriculture and 10.1 percent in service sphere.

Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers K. Durdymyradov informed that the Ministry of Industry of Turkmenistan executed the plan on 130.2 percent level for January – March. Comparing with the same period of the last year, the growth rate made 110.2 percent.

21 transactions were registered at the trade of the the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan.

At the session of the Government of Turkmenistan that took place on 6 April, it was communicated that preparations were underway for the construction of the potash plant in Lebap province and the Ashgabat–Turkmenabat highway.

The consumers unions system in Turkmenistan will be privatized. Vice Premier, G.Myradov, presented his report on the relevant works at the Government session. Proposals on the closure and transfer of ownership of the property of this organization to the State under the Law of Turkmenistan on Consumers Unions were submitted to the head of state.

At the meeting of the government, information was provided on the progress of the construction of a carbamide plant in the city of Garabogaz in the Balkan velayat. According to Vice premier K.Durdymyradov, technological equipment for ammonia and carbamide production has been installed on the facility, commissioning of the gas turbine generator of the plant, nitrogen and oxygen production workshops, and auxiliary steam installations has been completed.

Mark Von Pentz, the Director of John Deere Agricultural and Turf Equipment Division was received in the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Management.

The task to maximize the existing industries opportunities to increase the production of import-substituting and export-oriented products in the conditions of the market economy was defined by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov as one of the top priorities.

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

In the capital hotel ""Archabil"" the international scientific conference «The chemical branch of Turkmenistan on the path of progress», dated to Day of Workers of Chemical Industry of the country took place.