Establishment of ramified transport infrastructure as important factor of economic and social development of Turkmenistan is one of priority directions of the state policy pursued by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Large-scale projects initiated by the Head of the State have been successfully implemented in this sphere. It includes the modernization of existing and construction of new automobile and railway roads, fundamental renewal and expansion of the equipment and facilities base of civil aviation and fleet.

18 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.

31 transactions were registered past week at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan.

Opening ceremony of new facility for production of polypropylene film (BOPP) has been held at Turkmenbashy Refinery Complex. Members of the Government, top managers of oil and gas industry, city administration and public organization, elders as well as foreign petrochemical partners took part in the event.

21 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan.

The volume of trade turnover is the main indicator of the development of economy of the country in general. Owing to the increment of production of local consumer goods, creation of new import substitutive production and to other integrated measures taken under the leadership of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the input of trade sector to the GDP of Turkmenistan is growing.

27 transactions have been registered at the trades of the State Commodity and Raw Material Exchange of Turkmenistan last week.

The third edition of ‘Finance and Economics’, a scientific practical journal, published by the Ministry of Finance and Economy in the Turkmen, English and Russian languages, has just come out.

Plan of total volume of production of the Ministry of Industry for January – June is fulfilled by 117 percent with the growth rate of 111.5 percent comparing with the same period of the last year.

The growth rate of the GDP by the outcomes of six months was observed on 6.2 percent level. The growth rate of production increased by 4.4 percent by the outcomes of six months of the year comparing with the same period of 2017. The growth rates of retail sale has grown by 19.7 percent comparing with the same period of the last year.