DUSHANBE, December 15, 2008, Asia-Plus — By the end of the year, gasoline prices are expected to have fallen more, according to the antimonopoly and entrepreneurship development directorate within the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MoEDT).
The source at the antimonopoly directorate noted that gasoline prices in
Dushanbe
have decreased
by more than 20 percent since early November, with similar price falls in other parts of the country.
“Specialists from our directorate jointly with representatives of the ministry of energy and industries as well as Tojikstandart (state agency for standardization, metrology, certification and trade inspection) have carried out considerable work on regulation of the fuel market in the country,” said the source, “Besides, agreements on new fuel prices have been reached with countries that provide the bulk of Tajikistan’s fuel imports.”
According to him, gasoline prices in oil product export countries have decreased some 50 percent in recent months.
In the meantime, the Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoEI) said that at present
Tajikistan
’s largest oil product suppliers are Gazpromneft-Tajikistan, Tojiron and Umed, accounting for some 80 percent of the country’s oil product shipments.
Tajikistan
now imports oil products mainly from
Russia
, which accounts for 70 percent of
Tajikistan
’s fuel imports, as well as
Kazakhstan
,
Turkmenistan
and
Uzbekistan
.
Today, an average price of one liter of 95-octane gasoline in
Dushanbe
is 2.50 somoni, 93-octane gasoline costs 2.30 somoni per one liter and 75-octane gasoline – 2.10 somoni.
The price of one liter of diesel fuel in Dushanbe is now 3.0 somoni.
