Gasoline prices continue falling in Tajikistan. What is the reason for this?

Gasoline prices are continuing to fall in Dushanbe and capitals of Sughd and Khatlon provinces. Experts attribute this to the completion of harvest season in the countries providing the bulk of Tajikistan’s  fuel imports.  

In the Dushanbe, the price for one liter of 92-octane gasoline, which is the most sought-after grade of automobile gas in the country, fell from 10.00 somonis on October 10 to 9.50 on October 17 (5.26-percent decrease).  

The price for one liter of 95-octane gasoline in Dushanbe fell 10.50 somonis on October 10 to 9.80 somonis on October 17 (7.14-percent decrease).   

In Khujand, which is the second-largest city of Tajikistan also the capital of the northern Sughd province,   the price of one liter of 92-octane gasoline fell from 10.00 somonis on October 10 to 9.50 somonis on October 7 (5.26-percent decrease).

The price for one liter of 95-octane gasoline fell from 10.60 somonis on October 10 to 10.20 somonis on October 17 (3.92-percent decrease).

In Bokhtar, the capital of the southern Khatlon province, current prices for one liter of 92-octane and 95-octane gasoline are 9.60 somonis and 10.30 somonis, respectively. 

In Khorog, the capital of  the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), the price for one liter of 92-octane gasoline fell from 11.80 somonis on October 10 to 11.30 somonis on October 17 ()4.42-percent decrease.

Experts attribute this decrease in gasoline prices to the completion of harvest season in the countries providing the bulk of Tajikistan’s  fuel imports. 

Meanwhile, diesel fuel and liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices remain unchanged in Tajikistan.

Current prices for one liter of diesel fuel in Dushanbe, Khujand and Bokhtar are 12.60, 12.50, 12.60 somonis, respectively. 

Current  prices for one liter of LNG in Dushanbe, Khujand, Bokhtar and are 6.20, 60.10, 6.30 and 8.40 somonis, respectively.

It is to be noted that more than 60 percent of the country's motor vehicles use liquefied natural gas as fuel.

Russia provides the bulk of Tajikistan’s fuel imports – 86 percent, while Kazakhstan has provided the bulk of Tajikistan’s LNG imports – about 90 percent. 

Over the first eight months of this year, diesel fuel prices have reportedly risen 18.2 percent, while LNG and gasoline prices have fallen 19 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively.