At the session of the Government, Vice-premier for fuel and energy complex Myratgeldy Meredov informed the Head of the state that big deposits of iron ore have been discovered in Balkan Velayat during geological surveys.

Turkmen – Bahraini business forum to be held in Manama on November 27. Representatives of the government structures and companies specialized in oil refining, chemical, textile and food industries, in production of industrial materials, ship building as well as in such directions as communication, tourism, trade, investment and banking sphere will take part in the meeting.

Rice producers of Lebap Velayat successfully fulfilled state order for rice production, having delivered 48,000 tons of agricultural crop to the state.

Economic forum of the UN Special Programme for Economies of Central Asia under subject “Interrelations: Facilitation of trade and transport procedures and sustainable development in the SPECA sub-region” has started in the Yildyz Hotel of the capital.

14th session of the SPECA Work Group on trade, which was organized by the Government of Turkmenistan together with the UN European Economic Commission, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asian Pacific (ESCAP) was held under the Days of SPECA.

Mission of International Monetary Fund led by Mrs Natalia Tamiris has been on a working visit in Ashgabat on November 5 – 12. The goal of the visit of the delegation of specialized United Nations institution is to assess current macroeconomic and financial situation in Turkmenistan, to discuss economic challenges and develop recommendations for development of international cooperation in monetary and financial sphere.

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

The growth rate of the GDP of Turkmenistan is provided on 6.3 percent level for ten months of the year. Comparing with the same period of the last year, the production has been increased by 6.9 percent.

Information about the draft State Budget 2020, the main directions of social and economic development of the country and Investment programme of Turkmenistan has been presented at the session of the Government on November 15.

Annual plan for production of rice was fulfilled by the farmers of the northern region of the country. They have produced more than 35,000 tons of rice from 8,100 hectares, which exceeds the expectations.