Producers from Central Asia’s nations, including Tajikistan, have got permission to sell their goods on Amazon, the world's largest online marketplace.
The list of countries, including Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, accepted to register for selling on Amazon is placed on the company’s official website.
Before that, it was possible to register business accounts from Central Asia, but producers from the region did not have the opportunity to sell their goods on Amazon online platform. Also, there was no delivery of purchases to the countries of the region.
To get started one need bank account number and bank routing number, chargeable credit card, government issued national ID, tax information, and phone number.
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Jeff Bezos founded Amazon on July 5, 1994. It started as an online marketplace for books but expanded to sell electronics, software, video games, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry. In 2015, Amazon surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the United States by market capitalization. In 2017, Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market for US$13.4 billion, which substantially increased its footprint as a physical retailer. In 2018, its two-day delivery service, Amazon Prime, surpassed 100 million subscribers worldwide.
