DUSHANBE, October 18, 2014, Asia-Plus — According to
Monitoring and Early Warning in Tajikistan
, a monthly report released by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Tajikistan (MEDT), 49 percent of Tajikistan’s motor vehicles now use liquefied gas as fuel because of the high price of gasoline.
Tajikistan reportedly carries out delivery of liquefied gas by road and rail. Over the first nine months of this year, Tajikistan has imported 168,000 tons of liquefied gas, mostly from Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, which was 15,000 tons more than in the same period last year.
In September, liquefied gas imports reportedly amounted to more than 21,500 tons, which was 4,000 tons more than in September of the last year.
Meanwhile, the report notes that an average price for one liter of gasoline increased in the country from 3.50 somoni in January to 6.30 somoni in September.
According to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, Tajikistan has imported some 440,000 tons of oil products in January-September this year, which was 60 percent more than in the same period last year.
