Tachmammet Gurbanmammedov will be appointed as the new Minister of the textile industry by the Government of Turkmenistan. Appointment of the Gurbanmammedov as the textile industry minister was discussed at a government meeting, where the President of Turkmenistan drew attention to the fact that the textile industry is one of the main sectors of the economy of the country. It is being said that President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov expressed dissatisfaction with Saparmurat Batyrov, the former minister of textile industry of Turkmenistan. The country with the population of 5.24 million has a capacity of 177,000 tons of various yarn, 186 million square meters of various fabrics, 11,000 tons of various knitted fabrics, 7,200 of terry fabrics and 80 million pieces of knitwear and garments a year and Bershka, WalMart, JC Penney and others are among the few companies buying from Turkmenistan.
