DUSAHNBE, May 4, Asia-Plus - Everyone knows Tajikistan grows wonderful fruits and vegetables, and now an American company plans to help export these products far and wide by drying them and sending them to markets around the world. 

According to information from the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe , the Lancaster International Trading Company (LITCO) is establishing its Central Asian headquarters in Dushanbe and will be sending Thomas Brown, Vice President for International Operations, to represent their new office. 

Mr. Brown has more than a dozen years of experience in agribusiness development and management in Pakistan and Afghanistan .  Mr. Brown and his family will move to Dushanbe this summer and will work with suppliers in Tajikistan and throughout Central and South Asia .  Lancaster ships high quality dried fruits and vegetables to the U.S. where many of Tajikistan ''s local products are considered exotic.