Turkmenistan foreign trade turnover up 9.5% in January–October 2026

Turkmenistan's foreign trade turnover rose 9.5% in January–October 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to official Turkmen media. The report followed a Cabinet of Ministers meeting held on Thursday to review the country's results for the first ten months of the year.

Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Hojamyrat Geldimyradov said retail trade grew 10.6% and overall output rose 10%, while GDP growth reached 6.3%. Deputy Chairman Nokerguly Atagulyyev said the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations reported a 114% increase in trade turnover.

Textile output grew 109.6%, and total income of enterprises of the Türkmenhaly State Association rose 106%. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov instructed continued work on developing the private sector and supplying markets and shops with food and other in-demand goods, and stressed the need to further improve textile quality.