DUSHANBE, December 19, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Over the first eleven months of this year, the external trade turnover of Tajikistan, including electrical power and natural gas, has amounted to more than 4.8 billion U.S. dollars, which was 107.5 percent of the January-November 2013 level or 338 million USD more, according the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan.

The trade balance was negative and amounted to more than 3 billion U.S. dollars.

Over the first eleven months of this year, exports of goods have amounted to little more than 888 million U.S. dollars, which was 2.0 percent more than in the same period last year.

Over the same eleven-month period, imports of goods into the country have amounted to more than 3.9 billion U.S. dollars, which was 8.8 percent more than in January-November 2013.   

In January-November this year, Tajikistan has had trade relations with 98 countries of the world, including ten CIS nations.

In January-November 2014, major trading partners of Tajikistan were: Russia – more than 1.1 billion USD; Kazakhstan – more than 776 million USD; and China – more than 702 million USD. 

We will recall that in 2013 the external trade turnover of Tajikistan amounted to some 5 billion U.S. dollars, which was 102.9 percent of the 2012 level or 146.7 million U.S. dollars more.