DUSHANBE , May 24, Asia-Plus - A two-day seminar on creation of a common system of expert assessment of quality of goods for Tajik trade experts and entrepreneurs opened in Dushanbe on May 23. 

According to information from Tajikistan ’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), skilled experts from the Russian Federation are conducted this seminar staged by Tajik and Russian chambers of commerce and industry.   

The CCI source says such a seminar is being held in Tajikistan for the first time and it will become a good school of advanced experience for Tajik trade experts.  Such a seminar is very useful fro Tajik trade experts and entrepreneurs because up-to-date requirements are changing very quickly and each three years a trade expert has to take refresher course, according to the source.  

The seminar participants include experts from the Tajik CCI and branches in Gorno Badakhshan, Khatlon and Sughd provinces as well as representatives from TadAZ (Tajik Aluminum Plant), “Tojikstandart” (Tajik standardization agency) and the Tajik tax services. 

During the seminar it has been noted that a trade turnover between the CIS states annually amounts to on average US$52 billion.  

According to the source, the Commission for expert examination and attestation of experts was established in December 1996 and the “CCI Expert CIS” System was established in 1997.  The worked out register of the CIS experts includes specialists Belarus , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Russia and Tajikistan .