Tajkistan, Economy

09:51, december 31, 2013

Tajik National Bank denies link with Iranian businessman

DUSHANBE, December 31, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan''s national bank has denied any cooperation with an Iranian businessman blacklisted by the United States, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports.

13:43, december 30, 2013

Average price for one ton of gasoline reportedly falls to US$1,049 in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 30, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Over the first eleven months of this year, Tajikistan has imported 325,751 tons of oil products, including 116,600 tons of gasoline, according to the

10:14, december 29, 2013

Tajikistan’s GDP for Jan-Nov 2013 estimated at nearly 36 bln somoni

DUSHANBE, December 29, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) has rose 7.3 percent in a year to November 30, 2013, reaching 35.

14:23, december 27, 2013

Tajik national air carrier resumes flights to the Vanj district in Gorno Badakhshan

DUSHANBE, December 27, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Tajik national air carrier, Tajik Air, has decided to resume flights from Dushanbe to the Vanj district in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

13:27, december 27, 2013

WG set up to analyze further development secondary securities market in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 27, 2013, Asia-Plus – A Working Group (WG) has been set up to analyze the main aspects and opportunities of further development of the secondary securities market in Tajikistan,

17:15, december 26, 2013

Russian envoy vows to promote further expansion of Russian-Tajik economic cooperation

DUSHANBE, December 26, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Economic cooperation between Russia and Tajikistan is expanding, Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Igor Lyakin-Frolov told journalists in Dushanbe on

14:44, december 26, 2013

Tajikistan reportedly maintains its economic growth at a level of 7.2% in Q3 2013

DUSHANBE, December 26, 2013, Asia-Plus – The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) experts state that despite a 1.

15:48, december 25, 2013

Tajikistan reportedly increases production of building materials

DUSHANBE, December 25, 2013, Asia-Plus – Over the first eleven months of this year, Tajikistan produced a total of 414.6 million somoni worth of building materials, which is 25.

15:29, december 25, 2013

Dushanbe cement plant begins replacing second rotary kiln

DUSHANBE, December 25, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Specialists from China’s company, Beijing Uni-Construction Group Co.

14:17, december 25, 2013

Russian company plans to establish etrading in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 25, 2013, Asia-Plus – Russian developer of technical conditions for holding electronic trading (etrading), Tender Pro, reportedly plans to extend its operations to Tajikistan.

11:08, december 25, 2013

Top manager of the second largest commercial bank in Tajikistan replaced

DUSHANBE, December 25, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Top manager of Agroinvestbonk, the second largest commercial bank in Tajikistan, has been replaced.

10:26, december 25, 2013

WB approves seven projects with total commitment of US$142 mln for Tajikistan in FY13-14

DUSHANBE, December 25, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The World Bank Group – Tajikistan Partnership Program Snapshot that was published in October 2013 notes that to date in FY13–14, the World

15:41, december 24, 2013

Tajikistan-US trade cooperation discussed in Washington

DUSHANBE, December 24, 2013, Asia-Plus -- On December 20, Tajik Ambassador to the United States Nouriddin Shamsov met with Deputy Assistant U.S.

15:14, december 24, 2013

TALCO will not dismiss its employees despite difficult financial situation

The Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO) is not going to dismiss its employees despite the difficult financial situation caused by global financial crisis.

14:35, december 24, 2013

Tajikistan reportedly increases manufacture of plastic products

DUSHANBE, December 24, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Over the first eleven months of this year, Tajikistan has manufactured nearly 48 million somoni (equivalent to some 10 million U.S.

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