Tajikistan is gradually reducing flour imports and increasing the import of wheat, which is subsequently milled into flour inside the country itself.
Tajikistan is now capable of providing domestic market with own wheat flour, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies (MoINT)
Over the first six months of this year, 95.8 percent of Tajikistan's domestic demand for flour has been met through domestic production, an official source at MoINT told Asia-Plus in an interview.
In January-June this year, Tajikistan has reportedly imported some 512,000 tons of wheat.
Kazakhstan provides the bulk of Tajikistan’s wheat imports. According to data from the Antimonopoly Agency under the Government of Tajikistan, Tajikistan has imported more than 500,000 tons of wheat from Kazakhstan over the report period at the rate of 169 U.S. dollars per ton.
Compared to the same period last year, wheat imports in January-June this year have increased by 15 percent or 65,000 tons.
According to the data from the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan, flour imports over the same six-month period have decreased by 36 percent or 10,000 tons. Tajikistan has reportedly imported some 17,000 of wheat flour over the first six months of this year.
Meanwhile, Tajikistan has reportedly produced 382,000 tons of wheat flour over the report period, which is 31,900 tons more than in January-June last year.
70 companies are now engaged in delivering wheat to Tajikistan; the largest of them are Rohi Somon LTD, Davlat 2012 LTD and Somon 2017 LTD.
Meanwhile, the number of companies engaged in delivering wheat flour to country has reportedly decreased from 30 in 2017 to 24.
Tajikistan annual requirements in wheat flour are 800,000 tons.
