According to data from the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, Tajikistan last months exported more than US$22,2 million worth of electricity, which is US$3.2 million more than in July and US$5.5 million more than in June.
Over the first eight months of this year, Tajikistan has reportedly earned more than 85.1 million US dollars, which 3.0 percent more than in the same period last year.
The increase in the country’s electricity exports is most likely due to previously unplanned deliveries of electricity to Kazakhstan.
On August 25, during Tajik President Emomali Rahmon’s visit to Kazakhstan, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev thanked the Tajik leader for the supply of water and electricity.
Recall, Central Asia’s nations faced electricity shortages last summer due to abnormal heat. Residents of the Tajik northern province of Sughd also complained about the lack of electricity.
Representatives of the Sughd local authorities and electricity transmission company categorically denied the introduction of the power rationing in the area, getting off with a stock phrase – “maintenance and repair work.”
Earlier this year, Tajikistan concluded electricity delivery contracts with Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
In 2021, Tajikistan reportedly supplied electricity to Afghanistan at the rate of 3.0 cents per 1 kWh for electric power supplied through 110kV power transmission lines and at the rate of 4.5 cents per 1 kWh for electric power supplied through 220kV power transmission lines.
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) noted in mid-January this year that an additional protocol on the supply of Tajik electricity to Afghanistan in 2023 was signed in Istanbul. The report does not provide the terms of the agreement.
As far as Uzbekistan is concerned, Tajikistan supplies electric power to this country at the rate of 2.00 cents per 1 kWh only during spring-supper period (May-August).
The low price for electricity supplied to Uzbekistan is due to the fact that Tajikistan, in turn, receives natural gas from Uzbekistan at a reduced price.
Meanwhile, Tajikistan has reportedly generated 15,224,700,000 kWh if electricity over the first eight months of this year, which is 69.09 million kWh more than in the same period last year.
Last year, Tajikistan reportedly earned 106 million U.S. dollars from exporting electricity to neighboring countries, which was 10.6 percent more than in 2021.
In 2022, electric power reportedly accounted for 5.0 percent of Tajikistan’s exports, which is 0.5 percent more compared to 2021.
Tajikistan has sufficient summer-time (defined as May 1 to September 30) hydropower surpluses to export to the neighboring countries.
Last year, Tajikistan reportedly generated about 21.4 billion kWh of electricity, which was 3.8 percent more than in 2021.
