KULOB, February 3, 2015, Asia-Plus — Dollar remittance flows to Kulob last year decreased by nearly 30 million U.S. dollars compared with 2013, Safarali Saidov, the head of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT)’s branch in Kulob, told journalists in Kulob on February 2.
“53,695,600 U.S. dollars were remitted to banks in Kulob last year, which was 29,257,100 U.S dollars fewer than in 2013,” Saidov said.
In 2013, 82,952,700 U.S. dollars were remitted to banks in Kulob, the head of the NBT’s branch in Kulob noted.
Meanwhile, remittances in Russian rubles (RR) last year increased by RR3 billion “However, this increase will not compensate general remittance losses,” Saidov stressed.
He also noted that 17.806 million somoni of dilapidated banknotes were immobilized in Khatlon’s Kulob region last year, which was nearly twice as much, as compared with 2013.
