Over the first three months of this year, the external trade turnover of Tajikistan, including electrical power, amounted to 1.033.7 billion U.S. dollars, which was 133.3 percent of the January-March 2018 level or 258.5 million U.S. dollars more, according the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan.
The trade balance last year was negative and amounted to 547.6 million U.S. dollars.
Exports of goods over the first three months of this year have reportedly amounted to 243.2 million U.S. dollars, which was 5.8 percent or 13.4 million USD more than in the same period last year.
Over the same three-month period, imports of goods into the country amounted to 790.5 million U.S. dollars, which was 44.9 percent or 245.1 million U.S. dollars more than in January-March last year.
Compared to March 2017 Tajikistan’s foreign trade turnover last month reportedly increased by 7.1 percent or 44.1 million U.S. dollars.
In March-January this year, Tajikistan reportedly had trade relations with 90 countries of the world, including ten CIS nations.
Over the report period, major Tajikistan exports partners were: Kazakhstan – 30.6 percent of the overall volume of Tajikistan’s exports; Turkey – 25.65 percent; Uzbekistan – 10.3 percent; Taiwan – 5.7 percent; Russia – 5.3 percent; Iran – 4.7 percent; Afghanistan – 4.4 percent; China – 4.1 percent; the Netherlands – 2.1 percent; Italy – 1.6 percent; Kyrgyzstan and Latvia – 1.1 percent each; Pakistan – 1.0 percent; etc.
Over the same three-month period, major Tajikistan imports partners were: Russia – 27.2 percent of the overall volume of Tajikistan’s imports; Kazakhstan – 16.5 percent; China – 15.3 percent; the United States – 13.7 percent; Germany – 3.8 percent; Turkey – 3.7 percent; Iran and Uzbekistan – 2.1 percent each; Turkmenistan – 1.7 percent; Pakistan – 1.5 percent; Belarus – 1.4 percent; Kyrgyzstan – 1.3 percent; Japan – 1.2 percent; Ukraine – 1.1 percent; Italy – 1.1 percent; the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – 0.6 percent; etc.
