Tajkistan, Economy

11:08, november 15, 2019

CAREC countries endorse new regional energy strategy

Ministers from the 11 members of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program have endorsed a new long-term strategy to improve energy security, increase investment, and improve the

16:54, november 14, 2019

One more lending agency liquidated in Tajikistan

One more microfinance institution has been liquidated in Tajikistan.

13:53, november 14, 2019

Public confidence in Tajik banking sector rising, says NBT official

The Tajik central bank notes that the country has seen bank deposits grow reflecting rising public confidence in the banking sector.

09:10, november 14, 2019

Tajik capital needs cheap hostels and not five-star hotels

Thirty-four hotels of different class now function in Dushanbe; four of them are five-star hotels, six – four-star hotels, seven – three-star hotels, and seventeen others are unrated

16:46, november 13, 2019

IMF predicts slow economic growth for 2020 in Central Asia

Economic growth in Central Asia and the South Caucasus will remain sluggish in 2020, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest regional outlook, published late last month.

15:18, november 13, 2019

Foodstuffs account for nearly quarter of Tajikistan’s imports

Over the first six months of this year, food products have accounted for 23.

14:40, november 13, 2019

Tajikistan-assembled minivans expected to appear on Tajik capital’s roads soon

Samples of three models of minivans are expected to appear on Tajik capital’s roads soon.

12:00, november 13, 2019

Dushanbe administration organizes the supply of halal meat from Belarus

An agreement on the delivery of 300 tons of halal beef to the Tajik capital was signed between the Slutsk meat-producing plant in Belarus’s Minsk oblast and the Dushanbe State Unitary

10:15, november 13, 2019

Unemployment and poverty create risks of social and economic exclusion and vulnerability in Tajikistan

The World Bank Group is currently developing its first strategy for Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV), and has mobilized unprecedented financing for addressing FCV, particularly to strengthen

16:59, november 12, 2019

Tajik central bank’s gold bars reportedly rise nearly 17 percent in prices

The cost of gold bars being sold by the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) has reportedly risen on average 16.9 percent since the beginning of this year.

11:34, november 12, 2019

EU and UN FAO support Tajik Ministry of Agriculture to advance agriculture data analysis and reporting

The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have provided computer equipment to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) of Tajikistan.

10:49, november 12, 2019

ITC trains Tajik textile and clothing companies on corporate social responsibility

The International Trade Centre (ITC) raises the attention of the Tajik textile industry stakeholders to the corporate social responsibility.

14:20, november 8, 2019

Precious and semi-precious metals accounted for nearly 22% of Tajikistan’s exports in H1 2019

Over the first six months of this year, gold, silver and semiprecious metals have accounted for nearly 22 percent of Tajikistan’s exports, according to Tajikistan Trade Portal .

11:11, november 8, 2019

France will deliver helicopters, equipment for TALCO to Tajikistan

French entrepreneurs have assured Tajik President Emomali Rahmon that they will collaborate with Tajik counterparts in the fields of commerce, pharmaceutics, investment and new technologies, the

11:37, november 7, 2019

Tajikistan will receive US$26 million for improvement of rural infrastructure within CASA 1000 CSP

Tajikistan will receive 26 million of U.S. dollars for improvement of rural infrastructure within the framework of the CASA 1000 Community Support Project (CASA 1000 CSP).

16:45, november 5, 2019

Train to Sherkhan Bandar; rail link will connect Tajikistan and Afghanistan

The Government of Tajikistan has endorsed a draft government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan and Afghanistan on construction of rail link connecting the two countries.

14:46, november 5, 2019

Russia ratifies protocol on amendments made to the agreement on oil product deliveries to Tajikistan

On Monday November 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the federal law on ratification of the protocol on making amendments to the government-to-government agreement between Russian and

09:48, november 5, 2019

Tax committee announces seventy-five vacancies

The Tax Committee under the Government of Tajikistan has announces seventy-five vacancies. Meanwhile, President Emomali Rahmon had earlier pointed to the necessity of cutting tax staff.

09:36, november 1, 2019

Tajikistan’s 2020 budget’s revenues projected to stand at 26.1 billion somoni, says president

The government has endorsed the draft national budget for 2020. The deficit of the 2020 budget will be close to 350 million somoni.

17:09, october 31, 2019

Sughd province and several districts subordinate to the center will be left without electricity for several hours on Saturday

On Saturday November 2, the northern Sughd province and several districts subordinate to the center will be left without electricity for several hours.

17:00, october 30, 2019

Subzone of FEZ Ishkashim expected to be established on the outskirts of Khorog

The Government of Tajikistan is exploring the issue of establishing new free economic zones in the country.

15:03, october 30, 2019

Kazakhstan to supply helicopters of its own assembly to Tajikistan for Somon Air

Kazakhstan has begun supplying helicopters of its own assembly to Tajikistan for Somon Air, Tajikistan’s first privately owned air carrier.

09:29, october 30, 2019

Tajikistan received more than 77.1 million cubic meters of Uzbek gas in January-September this year

Over the first nine months of this year, Uzbekistan has supplied more than 77.1 million cubic meters of natural gas for about 9.8 million U.S.

16:58, october 29, 2019

Tajikistan reaches more than 74 percent of this year’s cotton target by October 28

Tajik cotton growers are taking measures to gather cotton on time and fulfill the national target, which has been determined at 400,000 tons.

15:25, october 29, 2019

Chinese company chosen for construction of nine bridges in GBAO

China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) has been chosen for construction of nine bridges in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), according to the Ministry of Transport.

14:36, october 28, 2019

In September, Tajikistan exported more than 20% of its electricity

More than 20 percent of electricity produced in Tajikistan in the past month was exported to neighboring countries, according to the Monitoring and Early Warning in Tajikistan monthly report for

08:41, october 28, 2019

Tajik power holding now owes 1.315 billion somoni to OJSC Sangtudinskaya Ges-1

The debt of Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s state-owned power utility company) to Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Sangtudinskaya GES-1, which operates the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power plant (HPP),

11:28, october 25, 2019

Dushanbe exempts Chinese company from paying VAT and customs

Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says the Tajik Government has exempted China’s Xinjiang Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co.

17:06, october 24, 2019

WB report records important results in Tajikistan’s emergent reform program to improve the business climate

The decision taken by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan to focus on addressing critical business climate constraints that had dissuaded enterprises from contributing more actively to the

16:55, october 24, 2019

World Bank’s report lists Tajikistan among 10 economies who most Improved business climate

Tajikistan has been named one of the top 10 countries that has done the most in the past year to improve the ease of doing business, an annual World Bank report says.