On Friday, December 2, 2 deals totaling $284.6 thousand were made at the auctions of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, ORIENT correspondent reports.

The Russian Railways Holding has announced a 20% discount on export-import container transportation, which will be carried out through the Bolashak - Serhetyak border crossing, located on the border of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, the website of the Turkmen Embassy in the Russian Federation reports.

The countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States have agreed to jointly promote the development of high-tech industries, accelerate the modernization of industrial production, and increase exports of competitive, innovative and knowledge-intensive products.

Turkmengaz State Concern will purchase spare parts to ensure reliable supplies of natural gas and uninterrupted operation of gas pumping units and gas turbine engines at wells.

Turkmenistan has attracted loans from the Korean Export-Import Bank (KEXIM) for the implementation of a number of major investment projects with the participation of leading companies of the Republic of Korea.

Turkmenhimiya State Concern plans to build a methanol production facility in conjunction with the Ahal plant for the production of gasoline from natural gas, Deputy Prime Minister Charymurat Purchekov, who oversees the industry, said at the meeting of the Cabinet if Ministers on Friday, TDH reports.

The trade turnover between Turkmenistan and Romania increased by 7.3 times in 9 months of 2022 compared to the same period of 2021. At the same time, the import of Romanian products to the Turkmen market increased 6.4 times, and the export of Turkmen goods to Romania - 8.2 times. Such data was provided by Mammethan Chakiyev, Director General of the Agency for Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, speaking at a reception on the occasion of the National Day of Romania on Thursday, December 1.

Director General of the Transport and Communications Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers Mammetkhan Chakiev reported to President Serdar Berdimuhamedov on plans to create a Joint Turkmen-Russian Commission on Transport, Transit and Logistics and the formation of its Turkmen part at a meeting of the Turkmen government on Friday.

Harvesting begins when the grain ripens in panicles - 85-90% of ripe spikelets should be contained. This can be seen from the color of the shells of grains. In Turkmenistan, the rice harvest is nearing completion and almost 82.5 thousand tons of cereals have already been harvested, the country's Ministry of Agriculture reported.

Turkmenistan and Russia are working on the development of railway infrastructure, and Russian companies have great prospects for participating in the modernization of the Turkmen railway industry, Alexander Elizarov, trade representative of the Russian Federation in Turkmenistan, said in an interview with a TASS correspondent on Friday.