11.10.19

Turkmenistan started exporting melons to Europe. The third party of Turkmenistan melons with a total weight of 55 tons is preparing for shipment to Austria.

Mischere Kawas, Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Turkmenistan, answered questions about the export of melons from Turkmenistan to Europe in the interview for Turkmenportal news website.

Ms. Kawas said, “We started exporting melon from Turkmenistan to Austria with Ter Onum Company from Turkmenistan. The melon of Turkmenistan had a well-deserved reputation before in the Soviet Union, and now this fruit has reached European markets. After the melons, which we started to export on 11.09.2019, were sold out in the European market very quickly, we realized the shipment of second party melons in the beginning of October. Now we have started preparations for the delivery of the third party of melons. We have full confidence that our melons will be famous in the European market.”

Ms. Kawas reported that they helped the melon growers in Turkmenistan to export their melons to foreign countries.

The project aims to improve regional trade, increase the competitiveness of Turkmenistan companies and provide new business opportunities.

As it is known, the US Agency of International Development in Turkmenistan aims to increase the export potential of five countries in Central Asia through CTJ, which aims to provide trade and business opportunities. It also aims to assist these states with innovative initiatives in the fields of freight transport-logistics and tourism.

Source: https://turkmenportal.com/blog/22268/turkmenskie-dyni-pokoryayut-rynki-evropy