DUSHANBE, November 13, 2014, Asia-Plus -- All the necessary equipment will be delivered to Tajikistan for a cement plant that is being built at the Chormaghzak Pass, Vahdat Township before the end of this year, Abduhalim Qodirov, the director general of the Tajik-Chinese joint venture, TOJCHIN, which is building the plant, told Asia-Plus in an interview.

According to him, the first line of the plant with annual capacity of 600,000 tons will be introduced into operation in late April next year. 

“360 specialists, mainly citizens of Tajikistan, are involved in construction of the plant,” Qodirov said, noting the final annual capacity of the plant will be 1.2 million tons and 500 people will work for it.

A total cost of the project is more than 30 million U.S. dollars, including 23 million U.S. dollars invested in the project by Chinese business circles and 7 million U.S. dollars contributed by Tajik private entrepreneurs, Qodirov noted.

The construction of a new cement plant began on October 1, 2014.  

Under the law passed by Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament on November 12, TOJCHIN is exempted from paying value added tax (VAT) and customs duties (totaling 4.6 million U.S. dollars) on shipment of equipment.