An exhibition of industrial goods of China’s Gansu Province is expected to take place in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe soon. An agreement on holding the exhibition in Dushanbe was reached during a meeting of Head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Sharif Said with Li Chong Tsan, Vice-Governor of Gansu Province, which…
As of July 7, Tajikistan harvested 386.7 thousand tons of grain, up by 90.9 thousand tons YoY, the Ministry of Agriculture declared. In 2016 the general planted areas of grain in the country totaled 311.2 thousand ha. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
The executive director at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Alfred Hannig visited Tajikistan on June 28-29. According to AFI’s website, Hannig held talks with Umed Latifov, deputy chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT), and Lola Salimova, deputy chairwoman of the NBT. Salimova reportedly stressed how important it was for the countries in…
Kyrgyzstan is again considering the issue of electricity supply from Tajikistan in summer, the department of information support of the government reported. The deputy prime minister Oleg Pankratov held a meeting on preparations for the autumn-winter of 2016/2017 and discussed the accumulation of water in the Toktogul reservoir. He instructed the National Energy holding of…
An article “Tajikistan: Retailers Face Giant Bank Card Fines” that was posted on EurasiaNet.org’swebsite on July 4, notes that Tajikistan’s banking regulators are forcing retailers and restaurants to accept payment by bank card against the threat of fines of up to $1 thousand in the latest wheeze to compensate for the lack of cash in…
Prices of fruit and vegetables have risen in Dushanbe in several days ahead of Idi Ramazon of Eid ul-Fitr, a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Prices for some agricultural goods at Dushanbe’s bazaars have even doubled. Thus, prices for one kilogram of apples have risen from…