Over the first four months of this year, Tajikistan’s foreign trade turnover amounted to $3.769 billion, which is 21% more than in the same period last year, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan.
At the same time, the trade balance was sharply negative: the deficit amounted to $2.395 billion.
During this period, Tajikistan traded with 119 countries worldwide. The main trading partners of Tajikistan remain China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Iran.
Export
In the first four months of this year, the republic exported goods worth $687 million. This is 8.1%, or $51.5 million, more than in January–April 2025.
The growth in exports was mainly driven by mineral products — their deliveries increased 1.6 times, or by $119.2 million. There was also an increase in the export of precious and semi-precious stones and metals — 7.3 times (by $7.6 million), vegetable products — 1.6 times (by $9.4 million), textiles and textile articles — by 11.6% (by $8.2 million).
The export of cotton fiber increased by 13.1%, or by $5.5 million. Deliveries of machinery, equipment, and mechanisms grew 11.5 times (by $13 million), and transport vehicles — 3.7 times (by $3.5 million).
At the same time, there was a decline in the export of non-precious metals and products made from them — by $75.1 million, chemical industry products — by $1.1 million, and live animals and animal products — by $0.7 million.
The main buyers of Tajik goods in January–April were China, Turkey, Belgium, Uzbekistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Iran.
Import
Meanwhile, imports grew significantly more — by 24.3%, or by $603.4 million, reaching $3.82 billion. Thus, the volume of goods imported into the country was almost 4.5 times higher than exports.
Imports increased across almost all major commodity groups. The largest increases were in the supply of non-precious metals and products made from them — by $187.3 million, machinery and equipment — by $136.6 million, mineral products — by $79.9 million, vegetable products — by $67 million, and transport vehicles — by $52.9 million.
There was also an increase in imports of prepared foodstuffs, chemical products, plastics, wood and wood products, textiles, fats and oils, as well as live animals and animal products.
Goods mainly arrived from Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, the Republic of Korea, Belarus, Turkey, and Germany.
