DUSHANBE, April 24, 2015, Asia-Plus — The exchange rate between the dollar (USD) and the Tajik national currency, the somoni (TJS), is continuing to rise.
According to the National Bank of Tajikistan, an average market buying rate (the buying rate is the rate at which money dealers buy foreign currency) of the dollar (USD) against the national currency, the somoni (TJS), rose from 1:6.33 on April 17 to 1:6.425 on April 24.
Tajik central bank notes that the highest market buying rate between USD and TJS has been reported in Dushanbe and Khujand – 1:6.44.
In Dushanbe, the market buying exchange rate between USD and TJS rose from 1:6.33 on April 17 to 1:6.44 on April 24.
In Khujand, the capital of Sughd province the market buying exchange rate between USD and TJS from 1:6.33 on April 17 to 1:6.44 on April 24.
In Qurghon Teppa, the capital of Khatlon province the market buying exchange rate between USD and TJS from 1:6.33 on April 17 to 1:6.42 on April 24.
In Kulob (Khatlon province), the market buying exchange rate between USD and TJS from 1:6.33 on April 17 to 1:6.40 on April 24.
In Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), the market buying exchange rate between USD and TJS from 1:6.25 on April 17 to 1:6.34 on April 24.
Meanwhile, an official exchange rate between USD and TJS set by the National Bank of Tajikistan rose from 1:6.0738 on April 17 to 1:6.2083 on April 24.
We will recall that Tajik central Bank suspended operations of currency-exchange points belonging to physical entities in the country on April 17. The blanket ban on private exchange offices means more than half of the country’s exchange offices – 818 out of a total 1,581 – are being shuttered, leaving 763 operating.
