Turkmenistan’s foreign trade turnover demonstrates positive growth trend

BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 25. Turkmenistan
observed a 7.2 percent growth in its foreign trade turnover from
January through May 2023 in comparison to the corresponding period
in the previous year, Trend reports.

This was announced by Deputy Chairman of the Government of
Turkmenistan Hojamyrat Geldimyradov at a meeting of the Cabinet of
Ministers held on June 10, 2023.

According to his statement, during the reporting period, retail
trade turnover in Turkmenistan increased by 9.3 percent compared to
the figure recorded in the first five months of 2022.

Furthermore, he noted that for large and medium-sized
enterprises, the average monthly salary increased by 9.9 percent
compared to the same period last year.

The meeting summed up the results of five months of work within
the framework of the implementation of the national rural program,
where it was noted that the construction of social facilities,
housing, water treatment facilities, and engineering systems was
successfully carried out throughout the country.