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Trade turnover between Tajikistan, CIS countries up in 2018

21 September 2018 [14:14] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Kamila Aliyeva

The volume of Tajikistan's trade with the CIS countries for eight months of 2018 increased by 17.8 percent compared to the same period last year.

According to the Agency for Statistics, a high growth in trade is observed with Uzbekistan (2.3 times), Azerbaijan (2.2 times) and Kyrgyzstan (2.1 times).

Thus, the amount of trade with Uzbekistan since the beginning of the year amounted to more than $ 192.6 million, more than $ 11.8 million of which falls for the import of products. The exports amounted to more than $ 80.8 million.

Tajikistan's trade with Kyrgyzstan amounted to more than $ 43 million, with Azerbaijan - $ 4.4 million.

The first place in the volume of trade turnover is occupied by Russia with $ 651.9 million, followed by Kazakhstan with $ 553.3 million.

Total commodity turnover between Tajikistan and the CIS countries for this period amounted to more than $ 1.5 billion, which is 17.8 percent more than in the same period last year.

Tajikistan’s foreign trade turnover has had a negative balance for a long time, and imports into the country significantly exceed exports.

The main trading partners of Tajikistan are Russia, Kazakhstan, China, the U.S. and Turkey. In general, Tajikistan exports raw materials.

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