DUSHANBE, July 25, 2013, Asia-Plus — Over the first six months of this year, Tajikistan has imported more than 298,000 tons of wheat, primarily from Kazakhstan, which is 13.3 percent or 45,600 tons fewer than in the same period last year, Hamdam Taghoymurodov, the head of the Antimonopoly Agency under the Government of Tajikistan announced at a news conference in Dushanbe on July 25.
According to him, Kazakh wheat has been imported at 355.00 USD per ton.
Taghoymurodov attributed reduction in wheat imports to enough wheat stocks and domestic product of enough wheat.
“The price hike usually results from rising cost of grain and oil products in the countries that provide the bulk of Tajikistan’s fuel and grain imports,” the Antimonopoly Agency head said.
Over the first six months of this, 56 economic entities several individual entrepreneurs have reportedly been engaged in delivering wheat to Tajikistan. The economic entities have accounted for 90.6 percent of a total value of wheat shipments made to Tajikistan over the report period.
According to data of the Antimonopoly Agency, current average price for a 50-kilogram sack of Kazakh Grade I wheat flour in Dushanbe’s marketplaces is some 145.00 somoni.
