DUSHANBE, January 22, 2015, Asia-Plus — Retail prices for liquefied gas have fallen nearly 45 percent, the head of the Antimonopoly Agency under the Government of Tajikistan Abdusamad Rajabzoda announced at a news conference in Dushanbe on January 22.
The price of one liter of liquefied gas in Dushanbe has reportedly fallen from 3.50 somoni in December to 2.00 somoni.
“There are no dominant companies in Tajikistan’s fuel market, and therefore, the Antimonopoly Agency has no right to interfere in the pricing process in this market,” Rajabzoda noted.
Tajikistan receives deliveries of liquefied gas by road and rail.
According to data of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT), Tajikistan last year imported 295,000 tons of liquefied gas, which was 13 percent more than in 2013. In 2014, Tajikistan imported liquefied gas mostly from of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Russia.
More than 49 percent of the country”s motor vehicles use liquefied gas as fuel because of the high price of gasoline.
The Antimonopoly Agency says the main suppliers of liquefied gas last year were: OJSC Alfa Gaz – 10.3 percent of the overall volume; OJSC Gazpromneft-Tajikistan – 9.6 percent; and CJSC Faroz – 8.2 percent.
