Head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Sharif Said has met in Tashkent with Uzexpocenter head Ibragim Ergashev to discuss organizational issues related to the exhibition of Tajik industrial goods and the Tajik-Uzbek business forum that will take place in the Uzbek capital this week.
According to the CCI press center, Ergashev noted that they are interested in receiving products from Tajikistan and expressed hope that the exhibition will create a platform for fruitful negotiations between the economic entities of the two countries.
The exhibition of Tajikistan’s industrial goods is being held at the Uzexpocenter in Tashkent from October 11-14.
Tajik companies participating in the exhibition have put on display their achievements in mechanical engineering, mining, light and food industries, and aluminum production. The preference is reportedly given to products of the food industry.
An agreement on holding mutual industrial exhibitions was reached between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan at the beginning of this year.
Meanwhile, a delegation of traders from Uzbekistan that came to Dushanbe in April this year to show off their wares in Tajikistan caused a minor sensation.
The fair that was held in Dushanbe from April 17 to 20 was the first of its kind since independence — a fresh signal of a potential thaw between the neighboring nations that have had a generally frosty relationship since the Soviet collapse in 1991.
The goods on display at the Poytakht-90 trading house ranged from the small — everyday products like candy, fabrics, medicine and footwear — to bigger-ticket items like buses, cars, air conditioners and refrigerators.
The fair served as a showcase for around 160 Uzbek companies. For the first three days of the event, the companies were just displaying the goods, but a frenzy of sales marked the closing day.
