Tajikistan’s loan portfolio rose 6.9 percent (597 million somoni) in a year to September 30, 2019, reaching more than 9 billion somoni, according to the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT).
The state-run enterprises reportedly account for 24 percent (more than 2.2 billion somoni) of the country’s loan portfolio.
Private commercial enterprises account for 24.8 percent of Tajikistan’s loan portfolio and agricultural enterprises account for 4.7 percent of the country’s loan portfolio.
Meanwhile, private individuals and entrepreneurs account for 23.5 and 19.9 percent of the loan portfolio respectively.
Entities that appear under the column “others” reportedly account for 3.1 percent of the country’s loan portfolio.
The loan portfolio includes more than 3.7 billion provided in short-term loans and some 5.5 billion somoni provided in long-term loans.
The loans provided in the national currency, the somoni, amount to 4.7 billion somoni and the loans provided in foreign currencies amount to more than 4.5 billion somoni, an official source within Tajik central bank says.
The non-performing loans (NPLs) account for 26 percent of a total volume of the loan portfolio and a total number of loan debtors is 465,000, the NBT source said.
