Opening ceremony of modern plant for production of canned fruits and vegetables with annual output of 1 million of cans was held in Chakyr village.

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

During the session of the Government on May 11, Vice-premier D. Amangeldiyev informed on the development of the State Programme of national budget and regulatory framework and improvement of pricing system in construction in 2018 – 2020.

During the session of the Government on May 11, the President of Turkmenistan focused in the involvement of the potential of railway sphere for the development of multimodal transport and communication system. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov highlighted that International Seaport was opened in Caspian Sea recently, which operation undoubtedly would lead to strategic changes of logistic infrastructure of continental communications. Turkmen transit hubs will be important components of this system.

The analysis and research magazine, Finance and Economics, established in 2018 is a new product on the country’s information market. According to the Resolution by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the bimonthly publication is issued in Turkmen, Russian and English.

Ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of new modern industrial facility that would be built according to the Programme of the President of Turkmenistan of social and economic development of the country in 2018 – 2024 as well as to the objectives of textile industry for the increment of export production was held in Babadayhan etrap.

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

Macroeconomic indices for four months of the year were presented at the session of the Government dedicated to the outcomes of the development of the country in January – April 2018. For the period under review, the growth of the GDP was 6.2 percent including 4.6 percent in industrial complex, 0.4 percent in construction, 10.4 percent in transport and communication sector, 7.8 percent in trade, 3.2 percent in agriculture and 10.1 percent in service sphere.

During the session of the Cabinet of Ministers, Deputy Chairman D. Amangeldiyev informed on the work for construction of boundary automobile road Turkmenbashy – Garabogaz – Kazakhstan.

8th session of joint Turkmen – German Committee was held in Berlin on April 29 – May 1. During the meeting, the sides exchanged the opinions on further development of trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian relations between two countries, on attraction of investments to the programmes and bog projects in Turkmenistan including in oil, gas and energy industries and transport and transit sphere.