DUSHANBE, March 26, 2012, Asia-Plus  -- Russia has raised gasoline tariffs for Tajikistan again.

According to information posted on an official website of the Russian Government, the export duty for light oil will be raised from 271.4 U.S. dollars per ton to 304.00 U.S. dollars beginning on April 1.  The export duty for gasoline will rise from US$370.10 per ton to US$414.60.

We will recall that Tajikistan was exempted from paying Russian tariffs on oil and gas exports from 1995-2010.  On May 1, 2010, Russia cancelled Tajikistan''s tax exemption and the Russian government has regulated the export duty on light oil since the beginning of last year.  A sudden spike was reported in May 2011, when export duty for Russian gasoline rose 44 percent as compared with April.