DUSHANBE, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus — 46 countries of the world have provided humanitarian aid to Tajikistan in January-November this year.
During this period, 40,329 tons of goods worth 96.84 million US dollars were delivered to the country, according to the State Committee for Statistics.
The humanitarian aid included 20,900 tons of flour for more than 12.4 million dollars, 872 tons of vegetable oil for 1.795 million dollars, clothing and footwear for 3.489 million dollars, medicines for 34.296 million dollars, as well as medical equipment, transportation vehicles, computers, mineral fertilizers, and so forth.
Among the donor countries the greatest share in value came from the United States – 34.7 percent, Latvia – 5.0 percent, Iran – 3.0 percent, China – 2.6 percent, Denmark – 2.0 percent, the Netherlands – 1.7 percent, Switzerland – 1.6 percent, Afghanistan and Turkey – 1.4 percent each, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Republic of Korea – 1.2 percent each, Great Britain – 1.0 percent, Spain – 0.5 percent, Austria, France, and India – 0.4 percent each, and of the CIS countries: Belarus – 17.8 percent, Kazakhstan – 133 percent, Russia – 7.2 percent, Kyrgyzstan – 1.4 percent, and others.
