Turkmenistan’s foreign trade turnover increased 9.5% in January-October 2026 compared with the same period last year, Turkmenistan’s official media reported following Thursday’s Cabinet of Ministers meeting, which reviewed the country’s work over the first ten months of the year.

Presenting macroeconomic indicators, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Khojamyrat Geldimyradov reported retail trade turnover rose 10.6% during the reporting period, while overall production output increased 10%. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth reached 6.3%.

Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Nokerguly Atagulyyev separately reported on the performance of the trade complex and private sector. The Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations recorded a 14% increase in trade turnover in January-October compared with the same period last year.

Under the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, production of agricultural and food products increased 9.7%, while industrial goods production grew 8.1%. Trade turnover rose 10.2%, and services increased 9.3%.

Production output in the textile industry grew 9.6%. Total revenue of enterprises under the State Association Türkmenhaly increased 6%.

Following the report, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov instructed officials to continue developing the private sector and ensuring that markets and retail outlets are supplied with food and other in-demand goods. He also stressed the need to further improve the quality of textile products.