DUSHANBE, November 13, 2008, Asia-Plus — In January-September 2008, Tajikistan has topped the CIS states in terms of the rate of investment flows into capital stock, the CIS Interstate Committee for Statistics said.
In Tajikistan, investment flows into capital stock rose 77.5 percent in the year to October 1, 2008, reaching 2.559 billion somoni. Foreign investments accounted for 70 percent of the overall volume of investments.
Specialists from the CIS Interstate Committee for Statistics link the increase in investment flows in Tajikistan to construction of hydroelectric power plants.
Tajikistan has been followed Azerbaijan with a 38 percent increase in investment flows, Belarus (23 percent) and Uzbekistan (19 percent).
In Russia, investment flows into capital stock rose 13.1 percent over the report period, Armenia – 12 percent, Moldova – 9 percent, Ukraine and Kazakhstan – 8.2 percent each.
In Kyrgyzstan, the investment flows decreased 2.2 percent in the year to October 1, 2008.
Over the report period, an average investment flow rate within the Commonwealth of Independent States has been 13 percent.
