Mass production of the licorice root began in the Lebap region. Employees of the Turkmenabat agro-industrial complex Buyan carry out industrial development of licorice plantations.
Turkmen licorice according to foreign experts is one of the best in the world for quality and consumer properties and is widely used as the most important raw materials in the medical, food and other industries.
Thus, the Turkmen licorice root, and its semi-finished products are in high demand on the world market.Today, a large part of the pressed licorice root, its thick and dry extracts produced by the Buyan agro-industrial complex, is purchased by China, the United States, France, India and other countries, licorice raw materials are widely used in the medical and food industries of Turkmenistan.
The successful development over the last decade of the industrial base of the liquor industry in Turkmenabat, the introduction of innovative technologies, the construction of new industries played a key role in improving the quality of processing of licorice root at the level of world standards.
The new modern plant for the production of a dry licorice extract with a capacity of 1 thousand tons of products per year was commissioned 10 years ago, in April 2008 in the city of the Amu Darya.
The licorice root, produced for a season on plantations in the floodplain of Jeyhun, on the industrial base is delivered by road and river transport.
Licorice trade in the Amu Darya basin is the oldest and takes its origins at the beginning of the last century. Mastery and secrets of cultivation and extraction of the "golden root" are passed down from generation to generation.