Dushanbe has offered Tashkent date and venue for an exhibition of Tajikistan’s industrial goods.
The Government of Tajikistan has sent an official letter to the Government of Uzbekistan, proposing to hold an exhibition of Tajikistan’s industrial goods in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, from October 11-14.
Sixty-four Tajik enterprises are expected to participate in the exhibition in Tashkent. They will put on display their achievements in mechanical engineering, mining, light and food industries, and aluminum production. The preference is expected to be given to products of the food industry.
An agreement on holding mutual industrial exhibition was reached between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan at the beginning of this year.
Meanwhile, a delegation of traders from Uzbekistan that came to Dushanbe in April this year to show off their wares in Tajikistan caused a minor sensation.
The fair that was held in Dushanbe from April 17 to 20 was the first of its kind since independence — a fresh signal of a potential thaw between the neighboring nations that have had a generally frosty relationship since the Soviet collapse in 1991.
The goods on display at the Poytakht-90 trading house ranged from the small — everyday products like candy, fabrics, medicine and footwear — to bigger-ticket items like buses, cars, air conditioners and refrigerators.
The fair served as a showcase for around 160 Uzbek companies. For the first three days of the event, the companies were just displaying the goods, but a frenzy of sales marked the closing day.
