Tajikistan is planning to spend over $115 million for construction of the A and F segments of the Kulyab-Kalaikhumb road. According to the Ministry of Finance, the construction and reconstruction of the Kulyab-Kala Humb highway is mainly financed by the Islamic Development Bank, the Saudi Development Fund, the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, the…
Russia’s Ural Airlines, Utair, S7 Airlines and Nordwind Airlines will not be able to operate flights to Tajikistan’s Dushanbe and Khujand starting from April 2 since the Tajik state aviation structures have recalled their flight permissions. The measure applies to 11 destinations. Flights from Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, St. Petersburg, and Samara to Dushanbe,…
The first Islamic bank will start working in Tajikistan in 2018. “The first Islamic bank will work this year in Tajikistan. The issues of expanding the operations of the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) in the financial market of Tajikistan were discussed at a meeting of Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan…
Tajikistan may resume supplies of electricity to Uzbekistan from. The total export of Tajik electricity to the neighboring country will amount to at least 1.5 billion kilowatt hours per year. To date, Dushanbe and Tashkent are discussing the terms of supply of Tajik electricity to the Uzbek market, including prices. The final decision on this…
In 2018 Tajikistan plans to increase the planted areas under oilseed crops to 46.73 thousand ha, up by 22.84 thousand ha YoY, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. According to the announcement, agrarians will plant grains in the autumn and spring planting campaigns throughout 145.34 thousand ha and 104.9 thousand ha, respectively. It was noted that…
The Tajik State Service of Veterinary Control has banned imports of non-Halal meat products. From now on, only accredited foreign suppliers will be able to import meat products to Tajikistan. Before issuing such accreditation, Tajik experts will personally visit facilities abroad and check the quality and safety of the products. In addition, the products must…
The growth of the GDP in Tajikistan in 2017 amounted to 7.1% compared to 2016, the Tajik Statistics Agency reported. Tajikistan’s GDP amounted to about 61.1 billion somoni ($6.9 billion) in 2017. Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing and fish farming dominate in the GDP structure, making up 21.1% of the total GDP volume. The share of…