TURKMENISTAN

Year	1998-1999	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003
EXPORTS
India's Total Export	33,218.72	36,822.49	44,560.29	43,826.73	52,719.43
Exports to Turkmenistan	1.93	5.64	2.71	4.35	10.29
%Growth		192.87	-51.95	60.51	136.55
%Growth in India's Exports		10.85	21.01	-1.65	20.29
%Share in total exports	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.02
IMPORTS
India's Total Import	42,388.71	49,738.06	50,536.46	51,413.29	61,412.13
Imports from Turkmenistan	0.11	0.38	1.12	1.95	5.4
%Growth		262.94	192.33	73.32	177.85
%Growth in India's Imports		17.34	1.61	1.74	19.45
%Share in total imports	0	0	0	0	0.01
INDIA'S TRADE BALANCE
with Turkmenistan	1.82	5.26	1.59	2.41	4.89
with World	-9,169.99	-12,915.57	-5,976.16	-7,586.56	-8,692.70

COMPARITIVE TREND OF INDIA'S SHARE AS A SUPPLIER IN TURKMENISTAN'S TOTAL IMPORTS

HS Code	Description	Global Imports	Imports from India	India's %age share as supplier	Intra-CIS Imports	%Age Share of CIS Countries as Suppliers to Turkmenistan	Top 5 Suppliers	%age share
84	Machinery	462.19	0.46	0.10	145.11	31.40	Japan	25.8
							Russia	18.88
							Turkey	9.78
							France	9.72
							USA	6.58
87	Vehicles, Other Than Railway Or Tramway	157.67	-	-	107.44	68.14	Belarus	27.46
							Russia	22.49
							Turkey	10.31
							Ukraine	8.69
							Germany	7.29
85	Electrical Machinery	157.59	0.04	0.02	41.51	26.34	U.A.E	43.02
							Turkey	10.75
							Russia	9.78
							Japan	7.56
							Armenia	6.08
73	Articles Of Iron Or Steel	135.93	0.47	0.35	90.36	66.48	Ukraine	50.4
							Russia	15.19
							Turkey	8.43
							Japan	7.72
							France	6.44
99	Sp. Import Reporting Prov, Nesoi	105.27	-	-	-	-	Areas, nes	100
72	Iron And Steel	45.58	0.02	0.05	41.82	91.75	Rep. of Moldova	44.39
							Ukraine	34.95
							Russia	7.64
							Turkey	4.28
							Uzbekistan	3.55
40	Rubber And Articles Thereof	43.73	0.003	0.01	36.40	83.25	Ukraine	40.02
							Russia	29.08
							U.A.E	6.19
							Belarus	4.62
							Kazakhstan	4.07
48	Paper And Paperboard	39.72	0.09	0.23	7.87	19.81	Turkey	63.02
							Russia	13.17
							Estonia	4.24
							Lithuania	3.91
							Ukraine	3.52
17	Sugars And Sugar Confectionery	38.85	-	-	15.97	41.10	Ukraine	24.34
							U.A.E	13.37
							Russia	10.36
							Poland	9.99
							Turkey	9.79
2	Meat And Edible Meat Offal	36.14	-	-	3.76	10.40	USA	61.62
							U.A.E	13.81
							Germany	9.18
							Ukraine	6.28
							Turkey	2.70
4	Dairy, Eggs, Honey Etc.	31.97	-	-	6.61	20.68	Latvia	42.64
							Iran	26.16
							Russia	14.24
							U.A.E	5.47
							Ukraine	4.24
30	Pharmaceutical Products	30.07	7.00	23.28	10.84	36.05	India	23.28
							Ukraine	22.54
							Lithuania	17.14
							Armenia	5.95
							Hungary	5.14
94	Furnitures & Beddings	29.84	0.002	0.01	4.47	14.98	Turkey	35.99
							U.A.E	14.8
							Iran	12.61
							Czech Rep.	10.03
							Russia	5.41
39	Plastics And Articles Thereof	24.52	0.01	0.03	6.07	24.75	Turkey	37.51
							Iran	24.98
							Ukraine	13.05
							Russia	6.81
							U.A.E	4.62
31	Fertilizers	24.00	-	-	22.96	95.68	Uzbekistan	50.54
							Russia	28.24
							Georgia	15.17
							Afghanistan	2.45
							Tajikistan	1.08
38	Miscellaneous Chemical Products	21.66	-	-	2.48	11.45	France	28.72
							Turkey	24.58
							Germany	14.24
							Br. Virgin Isds	8.48
							Ukraine	6.08
27	Mineral Fuels, Oils Etc.	21.37	0.001	0.005	12.70	59.43	Russia	56.3
							Lithuania	16.4
							Turkey	7.49
							U.A.E	6.72
							Iran	4.12
32	Tanning, Due, Paint, Putty	18.41	-	-	7.75	42.11	Turkey	34.42
							Russia	23.62
							U.A.E	9.69
							Ukraine	9.07
							Armenia	5.89
34	Soap Wax Etc.Dental Waxes And Othr Preparations	16.86	-	-	0.76	4.51	Turkey	71.05
							Iran	21.22
							Ukraine	2.86
							U.A.E	1.59
							Russia	0.94
18	Cocoa And Cocoa Preparations	16.49	-	-	4.93	29.90	Turkey	60.21
							Ukraine	18.55
							Russia	9.64
							Iran	4.99
							USA	2.55

HS Code	Commodity	India's Global Exports	India's Exports to Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan's %age share in India's Exports of the item	Rank in Top 20 of Global Imports of Turkmenistan
84	Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery	1,718.67	1.97	0.115	1
61	Knit Apparel	2,386.66	1.75	0.073	-
85	Electrical Machinery	1,455.33	1.65	0.113	3
30	Pharmaceutical Products	1,400.78	1.32	0.094	12
62	Woven Apparel	3,351.78	1.29	0.038	-
99	Miscellaneous Goods.	1,190.71	0.5	0.042	5
38	Miscellaneous Chemical Products.	478.92	0.28	0.058	16
70	Glass And Glassware.	174.13	0.21	0.121	-
39	Plastic And Articles Thereof.	1,002.08	0.17	0.017	14
24	Tobacco And Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes.	212.46	0.16	0.075	-
10	Cereals.	1,600.74	0.13	0.008	-
90	Opt, Photo Cinematographic Measuring, Checking, Med/Surgical Inst. And Parts	365.66	0.13	0.036	-
48	Paper And Paperboard; Articles Thereof	251.08	0.12	0.048	8
50	Silk	272.25	0.11	0.040	-
29	Organic Chemicals	2,105.56	0.1	0.005	-
96	Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles.	117.13	0.09	0.077	-
17	Sugars And Sugar Confectionery.	390.53	0.05	0.013	9
9	Coffee, Tea, Mate And Spices.	687.55	0.04	0.006	-
55	Man-Made Staple Fibres.	607.42	0.04	0.007	-
73	Articles Of Iron Or Steel	1,158.14	0.03	0.003	4

Mr. R. M. Roy, Ambassador
Embassy of India, Y- EMRE Street, Mir 2/1, Ashgabat
Tel: 0099-312-456152,53 FAX:0099-312-452434/456156
E- Mail: indembcom@online.tm

Prof. Ashir Ataev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of Turkmenistan
6/16, Shanti Niketan, New Delhi-110021
Tel. : +91-11-26118409, 26118054
Fax : +91-11-26118332, 24674810
E-mail : turkmind@starith.net

Population	5.8 million
Per Capita Income	1200 USD
GDP	4.0 billion USD
GDP %age Growth	14.90%

YEAR	GLOBAL IMPORTS	IMPORTS FROM INDIA	INDIA'S %AGE SHARE IN TURKMENISTAN'S TOTAL IMPORTS
1999	1478.25	9.36	0.63
2000	1785.53	9.21	0.52

HS Code	Description	Global Exports	Exports to India	India's %age share in total exports of the Ctry.
51	Wool /Yarns/Fabrics	3.22	0.27	8.29
41	Raw Hides And Skins	4.95	0.16	3.28
8	Edible Fruit And Nuts	0.96	0.003	0.35
28	Inorganic Chemical	8.18	0.002	0.03
27	Mineral Fuels, Oils Etc.	2029.73	0.002	0.0001