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Article: TURKMENISTAN - Other Industries.
- Article from:
- APS Review Downstream Trends
- Article date:
- September 27, 2004
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The Turkmen industrial base was among the least developed during the Soviet era. The main focus was on agriculture, specifically cotton, and the situation has not changed much since the country declared independence in 1991. Turkmenistan has a fairly large textile manufacturing industry, and textiles constitute a major export. Other existing activities include the production of sulfites, and carbonite.
One major venture considered by India is a giant urea plant to be built close to a major gas field in Turkmenistan. It was said in 2000 the size of the proposed venture is such that it would involve 30 freight trains running continuously between Turkmenistan and the ...