Tajkistan, Economy

11:19, july 13, 2011

Uzbekistan raises transit fees for road freight transport and buses crossing Uzbek-Tajik border

DUSHANBE, July 13, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The Uzbek authorities have raised rates of entry and transit fees for foreign road freight transport and busses crossing Uzbek-Tajik border by 15 percent.

10:34, july 13, 2011

New enterprises for producing building materials to be introduced into operation soon

DUSHANBE, July 13, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A new cement plant with annual capacity of 72,000 tons of cement is expected to be introduced into operation in Varzob district in September this year.

10:20, july 13, 2011

More than 110,000 tourists visited Tajikistan in H1 2011

DUSHANBE, July 13, 2011, Asia-Plus -- More than 110,000 foreign tourists have visited Tajikistan over the first six months of this year, Lochin Fayzulloyev, deputy head of the Committee for

09:09, july 13, 2011

Tajik farmers increase fruit production

DUSHANBE, July 13, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Tajik farmers have increased fruit production this year that has led to up to 40 percent reduction in prices of fruit products, Narzullo Dadaboyev, a spokesman

09:05, july 13, 2011

Tajikistan holds a seminar on the extractive industries transparency initiative

DUSHANBE, July 13, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A seminar organized by the World Bank Group in cooperation with the Open Society Institute (OSI) on the discussion of the Extractive Industries Transparency

15:31, july 12, 2011

Tajikistan has to rely on foreign companies in search and extraction of hydrocarbons

DUSHANBE, July 12, 2011, Asia-Plus -- We cannot be guided by indices for Tajikistan’s hydrocarbon reserves that had been prepared in 1970s any more, Azim Ibrohim, head of the Main Geology

14:31, july 12, 2011

Dushanbe hosts international export products exhibition

DUSHANBE, July 12 2011, Asia-Plus -- More than 50 companies from China’s Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as well as Chinese companies operating in Tajikistan will participate in an

11:16, july 11, 2011

8-seat Chinese minivans not safe for carrying passengers, say experts

DUSHANBE, July 11, 2011, Asia-Plus -- By mayor’s order appropriate agencies have prepared opinion letters regarding further use of eight-seat Chinese Hafei minivans in the capital city, Firouz

10:10, july 11, 2011

GIZ project to assist regional cooperation in CA discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, July 11, 2011, Asia-Plus -- On Friday July 8, Ms.

14:02, july 9, 2011

Average potato yields in Tajikistan reportedly increase to 12.9tons/ha

DUSHANBE, July 9, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Average potato yields in Tajikistan increased from 12 tons per hectare in 2010 to 12.

17:14, july 8, 2011

Tajikistan, Saudi Arabia discuss cooperation in oil-and-gas sphere

DUSHANBE, July 8, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Prospects of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Saudi Arabia have been discussed at a meeting of Minister of Energy and Industries Gul Sherali with

09:53, july 8, 2011

ICD provides $7 mln financing line to Agroinvestbonk on terms of Islamic banking

DUSHANBE, July 8, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Open joint-stock company (OJSC) Agroinvestbonk and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) have singed an agreement on a

08:56, july 8, 2011

Up to 1,000 tons of fuels reportedly smuggled out of Kyrgyzstan into Tajikistan per day

DUSHANBE, July 8, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Fuel smuggling out of Kyrgyzstan into Tajikistan is reportedly going on.

17:07, july 7, 2011

FAO food price index up slightly in June

DUSHANBE, July 7, 2011, Asia-Plus -- In June 2011, FAO''s Food Price Index rose one percent to 234 points - 39 percent higher than in June 2010 but four percent below its all-time high of 238

11:26, july 7, 2011

Khatlon, Novosibirsk establish cooperation

QURGHON TEPPA, July 7, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Authorities of Tajikistan’s Khatlon province and Russia’s Novosibirsk oblast have signed a memorandum of cooperation.

09:44, july 7, 2011

Plan of actions on working out new tax code discussed in Dushanbe yesterday

DUSHANBE, July 7, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The first meeting of the Commission for Development of the Tax Code of Tajikistan took place in Dushanbe on July 6.

17:52, july 6, 2011

Restricted access to finance primary obstacle in the way of doing business in CA, says WB report

DUSHANBE, July 6, Asia-Plus -- Businesses in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EAC) say that constraints in financing, infrastructure, and labor quality inhibit doing business in the region,

14:55, july 6, 2011

Sangtuda-1 shareholders’ meeting decided not to pay dividends yet

DUSHANBE, July 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- An annual general meeting of shareholders of open join-stock company (OJSC) Sangtudinskaya GES-1 took place in Dushanbe at the end of last week.

12:26, july 6, 2011

Oil products expected to fall in price in Tajikistan

Oil products will fall in price as soon as a consignment of oil products under new export tariffs arrives in the country.

11:02, july 6, 2011

CIS Committee for Statistics: Belarus, Tajikistan top CIS nations in terms of inflation

DUSHANBE, July 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Belarus and Tajikistan topped the CIS nations in terms of inflation for the first five months of this year.

17:15, july 5, 2011

Construction of Sangtuda-2 HPP nears completion

DUSHANBE, July 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Construction works on main and associated facilities of the Sangtuda-2 hydroelectric power plant (HPP) have practically been competed, according to the

15:34, july 5, 2011

Experts from the Husbandry Institute expect farmers to yield 500,000 t of cotton this year

DUSHANBE, July 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Experts from the Institute of Husbandry at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tajikistan expect Tajik farmers to yield some 500,000 tons of raw

15:01, july 5, 2011

TSB introduces new money transfer system

DUSHANBE, July 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Tojik Sodirot Bonk (TSB), which is the third-largest bank in terms of total assets in Tajikistan, has introduced a new money transfer system – Coinstar.

10:15, july 5, 2011

Half of water users in Dushanbe to be provided with water meters in coming five years

DUSHANBE, July 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Taking into account the successful completion of the First Dushanbe Water Supply Project under financial support of the World Bank, the sides have

09:43, july 5, 2011

Cotton harvesting campaign expected to start 10-15 days earlier than usual

DUSHANBE, July 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- This year, the cotton-harvesting campaign is expected to start 10-15 days earlier than usual in Tajikistan.

09:16, july 5, 2011

Tajikistan joins Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment

DUSHANBE, July 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has joined the Cape Town Convention on International Interests and Mobile Equipment.

17:01, july 4, 2011

Russia lowers export duty on light oil

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Russia has lowered export duty on light oil. By Russian government’s decree export duty on light oil is decreased from US$309.60 to US$298.

16:40, july 4, 2011

Price fuel hike leads to increase in prices of other essential goods in the country, says expert

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Continuing rise in fuel prices is leading to increase in price for other essential goods in the country, Bahodur Habibov, chairman of the Tajik Consumers’

15:44, july 4, 2011

Tajik farmers reportedly reaches 54 percent of repeat crop sowing campaign

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Tajik farmers have reportedly reached 54 percent of this year’s repeat crop sowing campaign.

10:58, july 4, 2011

Tajikistan, Saudi Arabia prepare double taxation avoidance agreement

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A delegation of experts from Saudi Arabia is arriving in Dushanbe today on a five-day visit, the Tajik MFA information department reports.