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Turkmenistan Sells $1.44 Million in Desulfurized Diesel to Afghan, UAE Buyers

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23 Aug 2026 - 02:40 Khial Hamidzai

The Kabul Tribune (KT) — Two contracts worth a combined $1.44 million were signed for the sale of desulfurized diesel fraction to buyers from Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates, Turkmenistan media reported.

The deals were concluded Friday on the external market of the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange of Turkmenistan, according to Arzuw.news, citing information from the state exchange.

The buyers were entrepreneurs from Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates, while the seller was the state-owned concern Turkmenhimiya, according to the report.

The contracts covered desulfurized diesel fraction, a petroleum product manufactured by Turkmenistan’s petrochemical industry.

The two transactions had a combined value of $1.44 million, the report said, without providing details on the volume of diesel involved or the individual value of each contract.

Turkmenistan’s state commodity exchange regularly facilitates the export of the country’s petroleum and petrochemical products to international buyers.