According to data from the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, Tajikistan last year imported 446,000 tons of oil products and 380,700 tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
In 2018, Tajikistan reportedly imported 203,300 tons of diesel fuel (45.5 percent of the overall volume of oil products imported last year), 172,400 tons of gasoline (38.6 percent), 28,900 tons of jet engine fuel (6.5 percent), 24,200 of fuel oil (5.4 percent), and 17,300 tons lubricants (3.9 percent)
Russia provides the bulk of Tajikistan’s oil product imports – 77.6 percent of the overall volume of oil products imported into the country last year.
Russia is followed by Turkmenistan – 8.6 percent and Uzbekistan – 1.3 percent. Other countries accounted for the remaining 12.5 percent.
Last year, an average price for one liter of 92-octane gasoline in Tajikistan was 7.00 somoni.
Recall, Tajikistan was exempted from paying Russian tariffs on oil and gas exports from 1995-2010 and Russia cancelled Tajikistan’s tax exemption on May 1, 2010 that resulted in gasoline prices rising in the country.
On February 5, 2013, Tajikistan and Russian signed a government-to-government agreement on duty-free Russian oil product deliveries to Tajikistan.
Under this agreement, the sides consider and endorse the indicative fuel balance for the next calendar before October 1 of each year. Fuels delivered in addition to the indicative fuel balance will be liable to export duty.
Russian oil products delivered to Tajikistan in the volumes not exceeding those agreed on indicative balance are not subject to re-export to the third countries.
Meanwhile, Tajikistan imported 380,700 tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2018. Last year, Kazakhstan provided the bulk of Tajikistan’s LNG imports – 75.4 percent (285,900 tons).
Tajikistan receives deliveries of the liquefied natural gas by road and rail. More than 60 percent of the country's motor vehicles use liquefied gas as fuel. Last year, an average price for one liter of the liquefied natural gas in Tajikistan was 4.10 somoni.
