Liquefied gas prices are continuing to rise in Dushanbe. Over the past five months, the price for one liter of liquefied gas in Dushanbe has increased by more than 46 percent.
The price of one liter of liquefied gas in Dushanbe rose from 2.80 somoni on July 1 to 4.10 somoni on December 19.
Representatives of gas supplying companies say the price hike has resulted from the rising cost of liquefied gas in Kazakhstan, which provides the bulk of Tajikistan's liquefied gas imports. Kazakhstan now accounts for 70 percent of Tajikistan’s liquefied gas imports.
Kazakh media reports said recently that the wholesale price for one ton of Kazakh liquefied gas will increase from 34,319 tenge (equivalent to 102.00 U.S. dollars) to 38,701.67 tenge (equivalent to 115.00 U.S. dollars) beginning on January 1, 2018. Value added tax is not included.
Tajikistan receives deliveries of liquefied gas by road and rail. More than 60 percent of the country's motor vehicles use liquefied gas as fuel.
More than 30 domestic companies are now engaged in supplying liquefied gas to Tajikistan. Gazpromneft-Tajikistan, Faroz, Temur Oil and Mabdai Nour are the largest suppliers of liquefied gas to Tajikistan.
Over the first eleven months of this year, Tajikistan has imported some 324,000 tons of liquefied gas, which was 6,000 tons more than in the same period last year.
In 2016, Tajikistan imported a total of 350,000 tons of liquefied gas, which was nearly 10,000 tons more than in 2015.
