Turkmenistan harvest over 1.05 mn tons of raw cotton

Cotton is the main raw material for the textile industry of Turkmenistan. Moreover, it is an important export product. The country’s State News Agency reported that Turkmen farmers have fulfilled contractual obligations by having harvested over 1.05 million tons of raw cotton.

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov congratulated farmers and cotton growers, machine operators and other workers of the agro-industrial complex on this occasion.

The Turkmen farmers are provided with fertilizers, seeds, chemicals and maintenance at discounted prices.

Turkmenistan also systematically purchases modern high-performance agricultural equipment of world-famous brands.

Cotton is a significant export product of Turkmenistan and is a demanded raw material for dozens of modern companies of the country’s dynamically developing textile industry.

The country supplies cotton to China, Russia, the UK, South Korea, Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Singapore, Ukraine and the Baltic countries.

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