DUSHANBE, August 12, 2009, Asia-Plus — State and prospects of further expansion of trade and economic cooperation between Tajikistan and China were the focus of a meeting of the head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Sharif Said with senior representatives from China’s bus manufacturer, HIGER BUS Company Limited, Mr. Rozi (phonetically spelled) Lee and Mr. George Kan, which was held here on August 11, according to the CCI press service.
In the course of the talks, Chinese entrepreneurs briefed Tajik official of their corporation, noting that buses manufactured by HIGER could be used in Tajikistan on intracity and interurban routes as well as for serving tourists.
According to them, HIGER mainly produces 18/24 seat buses and the price of one such a bus is 20,000 euros.
For his part, the CCI head offered to arrange meeting of the HIGER representatives with Dushanbe authorities to negotiate the possibility of opening the HIGER dealer center in the Tajik capital.
HIGER BUS Company Limited – one of the fastest developing bus manufacturers in China, is well known for its innovation and prevision in research and development. Focusing on safety and service, HIGER BUS contributes a great deal to the modernization of the Chinese bus industry.
Established in 1998, situated in the well-known Singapore-Suzhou Industrial Park, together with the Global Top 500 enterprises, HIGER BUS is one of the few bus manufacturers that have obtained the license from governmental authorities with production capacity of 22,000 complete bus and chassis per year. The production base for medium, large and city buses, covering 500,000 squire meters, with advanced-equipped assembly lines, is running under professional mode.
Since its establishment, HIGER BUS is developing rapidly with average annual increase of 50% and market share of up to 20%, which ranks it the leader in the bus manufactures in China.
