Turkish company to sign deal on construction of cotton factories in Turkmenistan
By Aynur Jafarova
The state concern Turkmenpagta ("Turkmen cotton") will sign a contract with the Turkish Engin Group to build two cotton cleaning enterprises in Turkmenistan.
The decision was announced according to a decree of the Turkmen president which was released on Saturday, Azerbaijan's Trend news agency reported on Tuesday.
According to the document, the decision was taken in order to provide cotton producers with high quality cotton seeds and support modernization of the Turkmen cotton processing industry.
The agreement covers creating enterprises with annual capacity of 40,000 tons each in the Altyn Asyr district of the Akhal region and Sakarchage district of Mary province.
The contract also envisages building a new production workshop in the area of the cotton cleaning enterprise based in the Akdepe district of the Dashoguz region.
Construction of all facilities will start in April 2013 and they are to be commissioned in April 2015.
The facilities will include production units, a laboratory, a warehouse and office space. Each of the enterprises will have cotton receiving facilities as well.
According to Turkmen media, it is planned to produce 1.05 million tons of cotton in Turkmenistan in 2013. The figure was more than 1.2 million tons in 2012.
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