The state information agency TDH reports that in the course of the Cabinet session held on 4 January, Deputy Prime Minister overseeing Chary Gylydzhov briefed President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on reducing imports of groceries by 27,5% on average. The import of meat and sausage decreased by 39,7%, fish – by 33,9%, milk– by 59,5%, pastries – by 48,5%, pasta – by 41,9% and juices – by 94,1%.
The Deputy Prime Minister did not report what food products had seen the lowest decrease. No mention is made of the percentage of growth in domestic goods, which had substituted imported merchandise.
According to Gylydzhov, consumer demand for some imported merchandise was analyzed and the efforts for their consistent procurement were undertaken. As a result, Turkmenistan’s Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs is currently building additional livestock breeding complex and manufacturing facilities to produce vegetable oil, sugar, poultry, sugar and fodder.
Let us recall that “Chronicles of Turkmenistan” has repeatedly reported about a shortage of the aforementioned groceries in Turkmenistan’s markets whereas the state-run media outlets reported about achieving “food abundance”.
