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

Total volume growth of trade turnover for the period under review by the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations was 10.1 percent.

The ministries and departments of industrial and communication complexes fulfilled the plan of production and services by 108.7 percent with the growth rate of 117.7 percent by the outcomes of 2018. Vice-premier M. Chakiyev has informed the Head of the State about the outcomes of development of these branches in the last year at extended session of the Government on February 1.

The President of Turkmenistan approved the Programme of social and economic development of the country in 2019 – 2025 at the extended session of the Government on February 1. It was mentioned in this regard, that the model of the development of national economy in next seven years proposed by the Government includes number of strategic directions.

By the outcomes of 2018, the growth rate of the GDP was 6.2 percent. Production export volumes to foreign countries exceeded 11,200,000,000 US dollars.

Meetings on the key directions of activity in near future were held in Türkmendeňizderýaýollary» and «Türkmensenagat» agencies of the Ministry of Industry and Communication.

Regular issue of quarterly magazine “Industry of Turkmenistan” printed in Turkmen, Russian and English languages was published. The magazine is opened by the publication about the opening of different social and production facilities in the regions of the country.

Number of departments of Turkmenistan had meetings dedicated to important objectives set out by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at the session with the members of the Cabinet of Ministers on re-organization of the state structures in January 29.

The 2025 Digital Economy Development Strategy, which is well underway in Turkmenistan, is a roadmap launched to drive technological transformation in all sectors, provide state management, and build a knowledge-based economy, making full use of the country’s enormous resource and industrial potential.

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