Tajkistan, Economy

11:10, december 24, 2013

Tajik-Kazakh economic cooperation commission meets in Astana

DUSHANBE, December 24, 2013, Asia-Plus -- A meeting of the Tajik-Kazakh commission for trade and economic cooperation, presided over by co-chairmen Qodir Qosim, Chairman of Tajikistan’s State

10:46, december 24, 2013

China expected to start rehabilitation of roads in Kulob from the flood-affected Charmgaron

DUSHANBE, December 24, 2013 Asia-Plus – A working group of China’s Ministry of Commerce has decided to begin rehabilitation of streets in the Tajik southern city of Kulob from Charmgaroni Poyon

10:21, december 24, 2013

Remainder of loans provided by Tajik banks amounts to more than 7.439 bln somoni

DUSHANBE, December 24, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The remainder of loans provided by Tajik banks rose 44.5 percent in a year to November 30, 2013, reaching 7.

10:06, december 24, 2013

TALCO seeks state financial support

Negative impact of global financial crisis makes the Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) work in a hard anti-crisis regime

15:58, december 23, 2013

TALCO to be reorganized into joint-stock company

DUSHANBE, December 23, 2013, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at a briefing in Dushanbe, the Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) Chief Financial Executive Sherali Kabirov revealed on December 23 that

15:42, december 23, 2013

TALCO does not want its relations with RusAl to affect Tajik-Russian bilateral cooperation

DUSHANBE, December 23, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) does not want its relations with Russia’s RusAl aluminum company to affect bilateral political and economic cooperation

14:56, december 23, 2013

Tajikistan reportedly purchases up to 700 tractors from Belarus per year

DUSHANBE, December 23, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan now purchases up to 700 tractors from Belarus per year. Belarusian Ambassador to Tajikistan, Ms.

15:02, december 21, 2013

IFC plans to support new projects in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 21, 2013, Asia-Plus – The results of cooperation between Tajikistan and International Finance Corporation (IFC) in 2013 and prospects of cooperation in 2014 were discussed here

11:55, december 21, 2013

Tajikistan increases coal production

DUSHANBE, December 21, 2013, Asia-Plus – Over the first eleven months of this year, Tajikistan has produced some 490,000 tons of coal, which was nearly 120 percent of the January-November 2012

15:40, december 20, 2013

Deposits kept at Tajik banks reportedly rise 18.8 percent

DUSHANBE, December 20, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) reports that Tajikistan saw bank deposits grow by 18.8 percent in a year to November 30, 2013 to some 5.

15:26, december 20, 2013

Liquefied gas shipments to Tajikistan reportedly more than double

DUSHANBE, December 20, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s liquefied gas imports have increased nearly 2.

10:20, december 20, 2013

230,000 tons of cement produced by Tajik-Chinese JV in two months

DUSHANBE, December 20, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The Yovon cement plant that was introduced into operation in late September has produced some 230,000 tons of cement by early December, according to the

09:58, december 20, 2013

Tajik PM visits wildcat well at Sariqamish field in Shahrinav

DUSHANBE, December 20, 2013, Asia-Plus - Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda heading a group of Tajik officials visited the Shanrinav-1P wildcat well at the Sariqamish gas field in the Shahrinav

17:13, december 19, 2013

MHI-related issues discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The first meeting of the Working Group on the Model Highway Initiative (MHI) in Central Asia took place in Dushanbe on December 16.

15:45, december 19, 2013

Tajik Tax Committee, OJSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1 sign tax debt repayment agreement

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The Tax Committee under the Government of Tajikistan and Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Sangtudinskaya GES-1, which operates the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric

14:15, december 19, 2013

Remittances are among the key sources of poverty reduction in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2013, Asia-Plus -- World Bank''s Tajikistan Partnership Program Snapshot published in October, in particular, notes that economic growth in Tajikistan has been

09:38, december 19, 2013

Total electricity generation in November was 1.271 bln kWh

DUSHANBE, November 21, 2013, Asia-Plus -- According to the report for December 2013, Monitoring and Early Warning in Tajikistan , total electricity generation in November 2013 was 1,271

10:11, december 18, 2013

Tajik aluminum company reportedly intends to invite Russia to participate in its projects

DUSHANBE, December 18, 2013, Asia-plus -- The Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) is currently considering the possibility of participation of Russian capital in its projects.

17:04, december 17, 2013

TALCO denies report about blast at aluminum smelter’s electrolysis workshop

The Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) has denied a report released by a number of foreign media sources that a blast allegedly occurred at the electrolysis workshop of Tajik aluminum smelter in

13:17, december 17, 2013

Some 8.757 bln somoni worth of industrial goods produced in Tajikistan in Jan-Nov 2013

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2013, Asia-Plus – Over the first eleven months of this year, Tajikistan has produced a total of some 8.757 billion somoni (equivalent to more than 1.8 billion U.S.

12:56, december 17, 2013

Tajikistan’s external trade turnover estimated at more than 4.8 bln USD in Jan-Nov 2013

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Over the first eleven months of this year, the external trade turnover of Tajikistan, including electrical power and natural gas, has amounted to more than

09:52, december 17, 2013

FAO: 70% of new diseases that emerged in humans over recent decades are of animal origin

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Population growth, agricultural expansion, and the rise of globe-spanning food supply chains have dramatically altered how diseases emerge, jump species

16:59, december 16, 2013

ITC recommends Tajikistan to join the Doha Round

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2013, Asia-Plus – International Trade Center (ITC) recommends Tajikistan to join the Doha Round. According to the ITC study “Trade Cooperation Program in Tajikistan.

14:29, december 16, 2013

Gazprom International expected to conclude Shahrinav-1P wildcat well test next summer

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Gazprom International is reportedly expected to conclude the Shahrinav-1P wildcat well test in the summer 2014, according to Gazprom International’s office

10:29, december 16, 2013

There are serious obstacles on the way of Tajik cotton yarn exports to Iran

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2013, Asia-Plus – Tajik cotton yarn exporters face serious problems in exporting their products to Iran, according to the report “Trade Cooperation Program in Tajikistan.

14:33, december 14, 2013

World Bank project will support enhancement of Tajikistan’s agrarian sector

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2013, Asia-Plus -- On December 11-12, Chairman of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Sharif Said met here with Harry Christiansen and Jacky Boardman,

13:24, december 14, 2013

China intends to finance rehabilitation of roads in Kulob and Qurghon Teppa

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2013, Asia-Plus -- On Friday December 13, Tajik Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Nematjon Bouriyev, met here with a delegation of China’s Ministry of

15:12, december 13, 2013

Tajikistan, China decide to set u schedule of operation of Kulma crossing for winter period

DUSHANBE, December 13, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan and China have set up the schedule of operation of the Kulma border-crossing checkpoint on the Tajik-Chinese border in the Gorno Badakhshan

14:01, december 13, 2013

Mayor’s office announces tender for construction of refrigerated warehouses for keeping farm produce

DUSHANBE, December 13, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The Dushanbe mayor’s office has announced a tender for construction of refrigerated warehouses for keeping agricultural and other goods farm.

13:43, december 13, 2013

Tajik grain growers have produced more than 9620,000 tons of wheat this year

DUSHANBE, December 13, 2013, Asia-Plus -- According to the preliminary data, Tajikistan has produced 1,355,371 tons of cereals this year, which is 18 percent than it was originally planned and