Past week at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan 54 transactions were registered.

The State Concern ""Türkmennebitgazgurluşyk"" was abolished with the aim to improve the activities of Turkmenistan's oil and gas industry.

Results of the development of the industrial sector of Turkmenistan economy for the first half of 2017 are announced.

Just over 1 million tons of wheat was harvested in Turkmenistan this year. Deputy Prime Minister for Agriculture E.Orazgeldiev informed about it at the expanded government meeting on the results of 6 months of 2017. At the same time, the plan for provision of grain for 2017 was 1 million 600 thousand tons of wheat.

Transport and communication complex of Turkmenistan demonstrates good growth for six months of 2017. This was noted at the expanded meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of the country.

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov instructed members of the government, heads of the Mejlis, ministries and departments as well as regional administrations to proceed with the formation of the State Budget for the upcoming year.

The growth rate of the gross domestic product in Turkmenistan for the first half of 2017 was 6.4 percent. This was stated by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at an extended meeting of the government.

The construction of the Turkmen section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline is carried out according to the plan. Deputy Prime Minister for Fuel and Energy Complex M. Babaev reported this at an extended meeting of the government on the results of the first half-year.

The universal exhibition of the People’s Republic of China, held for the first time in Turkmenistan, has closed in Ashgabat. It effectively showcased the friendly country’s considerable industrial and export potential.

Today Ashgabat has hosted the first Universal Exhibition of Goods of the People’s Republic of China, which was organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan jointly with the Ministry of Commerce, the Committee for Promotion of International Trade and the Government of Xinjiang -Uigur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China.