More than 2,300 tons of cocoons were handed over to the state by sericulturists of Turkmenistan, honorably fulfilling contractual obligations for procurement of valuable raw materials for the textile industry. Today this was reported to President of the country Serdar Berdimuhamedov during a video broadcast on the development of the agricultural complex by the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the agro-industrial complex Annageldi Yazmyradov, the Information Program "Watan" of the Turkmen Television reported.

Since ancient times, Turkmen people sewed their national clothes from keteni silk fabric. Magnificent, lustrous, durable fabrics "mulham" and "kazin" were made by the golden hands of the experts of Ancient Merv, and Turkmen carpets woven from silk threads were transported by caravans to dozens of countries along the Great Silk Road connecting East and West.

Currently, work continues to revive the ancient traditions of sericulture. Special attention is paid to the creation of a solid raw material base of the industry. In this regard, priority is given to planting the best varieties of mulberry trees throughout the country.

The result of the steps taken was an increase in the production of cocoons in order to fully provide valuable raw materials to silk processing enterprises, as well as to modernize them.
Currently, cotton spinning, textile and clothing factories form the core of the industry's production base.

In the modern world of textile business, silk raw materials made from cocoons are an important direction of Turkmen exports.

Thus, the labor victory will contribute to increasing the production potential of the industry and, in general, strengthening the economic power of Turkmenistan.