Tajkistan, Economy

10:04, december 5, 2012

Two other Kazakh-produced rail locomotives will arrive in Dushanbe soon

DUSHANBE, December 5, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A process of acceptance of two diesel locomotives took place at Kazakhstan’s locomotive-building plant on December 4.

13:07, december 4, 2012

Tajik electricity prices would need to increase, study by World Bank notes

DUSHANBE, December 4, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s electricity system is in a state of crisis.

11:20, december 4, 2012

ITC organizes workshop for Tajik business associations on business services for WTO accession

DUSHANBE, December 4, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Business support services are crucial in times when trade policy agreements – whether with bilateral partners, or within the context of WTO accession – may

15:59, december 3, 2012

Gazpromneft-Tajikistan dominates Tajikistan’s fuel market

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Russian company, Gazpromneft-Tajikistan, dominates the Tajik fuel market.

14:15, december 3, 2012

Some 440,000 tons of potatoes produced in Tajikistan this year

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- To-date, Tajikistan has reportedly reached 95 percent of this year’s potato target that has been determined at 460,000 tons of potatoes.

11:24, december 3, 2012

World Bank concerned over high global food prices

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Global food prices have eased from their July records but remain very high, the World Bank said.

16:12, december 2, 2012

USAID, AKF to construct cross-border power transmission lines between Tajikistan and Afghanistan

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its contractor Tetra Tech ES and the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) have allocated

15:24, december 2, 2012

Kulma crossing on Tajik-Chinese border to operate year round

DUSHANBE, December 2, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan and China reached an agreement on a year-round operation of the Kulma-Qarasou border-crossing checkpoint on the Tajik-Chinese border in

17:42, december 1, 2012

ADB appoints new country director for Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 1, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) appointed C. C.

08:46, november 30, 2012

Exploration of two uranium fields completed in Tajikistan

Exploration of uranium fieldsin the west of Tajikistan is expected to be completed in 2015, AzimIbrohim, Head of the main Geology Directorate under the Government of Tajikistan, told Asia-Plus

10:09, november 29, 2012

TALCO, Chinese company to build large cement plant in the south of Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 29, Asia-Plus - The government made a decision to establish the limited liability company, CNBM TALCO Cement Co.

17:15, november 28, 2012

Tajik-German economic cooperation discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 28, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Two-day intergovernmental negotiations between Tajikistan and Germany on financial and technical cooperation began in Dushanbe today.

15:19, november 28, 2012

Tajik Railways launches the twice-weekly service on the rail route from Khujand to Moscow

DUSHANBE, November 28, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s state-run railroad company, Tajik Railways, has launched the twice-weekly service on the rail route from Khujand, the capital of the

14:28, november 28, 2012

ADB helps improve irrigation and drinking water in rural Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 28, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has completed its Irrigation Rehabilitation Project in Tajikistan, which was designed to improve agricultural

14:56, november 27, 2012

Russia lowers export duties on its oil products for December

DUSHANBE, November 27, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Russian government has lowered expert duties on its oil products.

09:45, november 27, 2012

Tajik aluminum exports fall to 221,500 tons in Jan-Oct 2012

DUSHANBE, November 27, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Over the first ten months of this year, Tajikistan’s aluminum exports have fallen to 221,500 tons, which is 12,300 tons fewer than in the same period

17:03, november 26, 2012

A common transportation management system to be launched within the EAEC area

DUSHANBE, November 26, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Specialists from the federal state unitary enterprise (FSUE) Scientific Center for Complex Transportation Problems at the Ministry of transport of

16:05, november 26, 2012

Gazprom International continues drilling wildcat well at Sariqamish field

DUSHANBE, November 26, Asia-Plus -- Gazprom International, an affiliate of Russia’s state-controlled company Gazprom, is continuing to drill the Sharinav-1P wildcat well at the Sariqamish

10:34, november 26, 2012

Wheat prices expected to continue to rise in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 26, 2012, Asia-Plus -- In Tajikistan, wheat and wheat flour prices are expected to continue to increase, due to high prices in Kazakhstan and as demand increases as

15:22, november 25, 2012

UNIDO expected to help Tajikistan develop its food industry

DUSHANBE, November 25, 2012, Asia-Plus -- On Thursday November 22, Tajik Minister of Energy and Industries Gul Sherali met in Vienna with Mr. Kandeh K.

17:19, november 23, 2012

Some $2.99 bln reportedly remitted by labor migrants to banks in Tajikistan in Jan-Oct 2012

Over the first ten months of this year, labor migrants have reportedly remitted some 2.99 billion U.S. dollars.

15:32, november 23, 2012

Tajikistan’s rolling stock replenished with new 165 train cars

DUSHANBE, November 23, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Over the past ten months of this year, Tajik Railways has reported purchased 165 Ukrainian mad cargo cars.

14:30, november 23, 2012

Replacement of third rotor wheel at Norak HPP expected to be completed in spring 2013

DUSHANBE, November 23, 2012, Asia-Plus -- An operation on replacement of the third rotor wheel at the Norak hydroelectric power plant (HPP) is expected to be completed in spring

14:27, november 23, 2012

Coca-Cola plans $30 million investment into production in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 23, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The State Committee for Investments and State-owned Property Management (GosKomInvest) says a Coca-Cola bottling company plans to invest $30 million

11:47, november 23, 2012

Tajikistan begins negotiations with Uzbekistan on gas shipments in 2013

DUSHANBE, November 23, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has reportedly begun negotiations with Uzbekistan on natural-gas shipments in 2013.

10:31, november 23, 2012

Tajikistan supplied some 49 mln kWh of electricity to Afghanistan last month

DUSHANBE, November 23, 2012, Asia-Plus -- In October, the total electricity generation in Tajikistan was 1.164 million kWh, or on average of 37.

17:28, november 22, 2012

Transport Ministry urges Ukraine to support TajikAir

Tajik Ministry of Transport urged Ukrainian Ambassador to support rehabilitation and renewal of existing fleet of the Tajik state air company

11:31, november 22, 2012

Number of Tajik citizens with average income to increase by 10% by 2015

Dushanbe. November 22.

10:59, november 22, 2012

Gul Sherali searches for investors in Scandinavia

Dushanbe. November 22. "Asia-Plus" - On Tuesday Tajik Minister of Energy and Industry, Gul Sherali, met with a number of Norwegian ministers in the course of his official visit to this country.

15:28, november 21, 2012

As a percentage of GDP, Tajikistan was the top recipient of remittances in 2011

DUSHANBE, November 21, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Remittance flows to the developing world are expected to exceed earlier estimates and total $406 billion this year, an increase of 6.