The oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan completed seven months of 2017, having exceeded the target figures. As the vice premier for fuel and energy sector M. Babayev said at the meeting of the government, for the reporting period the plan for oil and gas condensate production was fulfilled by 102.5 percent, processing of hydrocarbon raw materials by 101.5 percent, gasoline production by 105.3 percent, diesel fuel by 104.2 percent, polypropylene by 105.4 percent, lubricating oils by 111.4 percent and liquefied gas by 118.5 percent.

Growth of Turkmenistan's gross domestic product for 7 months of 2017 was 6.4 percent. Deputy Prime Minister for Economy and Finance B.Hojamammedov informed about it at the meeting of the country's government.

Turkmenistan has increased electricity exports by 2.8 percent for 7 months of 2017. Deputy Prime Minister D. Amangeldiev, who coordinates the energy complex, the construction industry and the municipal economy, informed about it the government at the meeting.

Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 10 transactions were registered.

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

Modern farm machinery is being delivered for the needs of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Economy of Turkmenistan. Prior to the start of the new sowing season, the first consignment of John Deere 8245R row-crop tractors, and AXOS 340 CX utility tractors from CLASS (Federative Republic of Germany), the world-known agricultural machinery manufacturer, has arrived in the country.

The Executive Committee of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games announced that Dragon Oil (Turkmenistan) Ltd. joined the Games «Ashgabat- 2017"" as the official partner.

Key role in improvement of production potential of the country, transit of the economy to innovative development diversification of industrial sector by stimulating of new directions is given to the State and private partnership. Targeted selection of such “points of growth” according to economic strategy developed by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov is represented by the process of formation of investment portfolio including the most promising projects, in other words, those, which were tested and found to be ready for quality assurance and analysis from the investments and business plan points of view.

Galla Bayramy, a holiday based on primordial traditions of reverence of bread as a symbol of prosperity, is traditionally observed on the third Sunday of July in Turkmenistan.

At the construction site in the city of Garabogaz (Balkan velayat) plant for the production of carbamide has entered a phased start-up and adjustment work