Diesel fuel prices has risen 7.0 percent in Dushanbe in a week.
The price of one liter of diesel fuel in Dushanbe rose from 12.00 somonis on June 24 to 12.80 somonis on July 1, with similar price rises in other parts of the country.
In Sughd province, the price of one liter of diesel fuel rose from 12.40 somonis on June 24 to 13.40 somonis on July 1.
In Khatlon province, the price of one liter of diesel fuel on average rose from 12.20 to 13.00 somonis. In some districts and cities of the province, refueling stations sell diesel fuel at 14.00 somonis per liter.
On July 1, the price for one liter of diesel fuel in Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO)’s capital, Khorog, was 13.20 somonis (6.45 percent increase compared to June 1, when the price for one liter of diesel fuel in Khorog was 12.40 somonis).
Experts said that the diesel fuel price hike has resulted from the rising cost of it in countries providing the bulk of Tajikistan’s fuel imports. Moreover, those countries have reportedly limited diesel fuel sales in connection with harvest season.
Meanwhile, prices of other petroleum products remain practically unchanged in Dushanbe, Khujand and Kulob.
Thus, the price of one liter of 92-octane gasoline, which is the most sought-after grade of automobile gas in the country, on July 1, was 10.60 somonis in Dushanbe and 10.80 somonis in Khujand and Kulob.
In GBAO, an average price for one liter of 92-otane gasoline on July 1 was 11.80 somonis.
The liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices have also not changed in Dushanbe, Khujand and Kulob. In Dushanbe and Khujand, the price for one liter of LNG on July 1 was 6.10 somonis, and in Kulob – 6.20 somonis.
In GBAO, the price for one liter of LNG on July 1 was 6.80 somonis (2.14-decrease compared to June 1, when the price of one liter of LNG in Khorog was 7.00 somonis).
According to data from the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, gasoline prices have fallen on average 1.8 percent over the first five months of this year. LNG prices have reportedly fallen 16.1 percent over the same five-month period.
In January-May this year, Tajikistan has reportedly imported more than US$230 million worth of about 290,000 tons of petroleum products.
Russian has provide the bulk of Tajikistan’s gasoline and diesel fuel imports – about 90 percent, and Kazakhstan has provided the bulk of Tajikistan’s LNG imports – more than 90 percent.
