In 2025, Tajikistan imported 63,961 passenger cars worth $684.9 million, marking an increase of 16,667 vehicles compared to 2024. Khurshed Karimzoda, Head of the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan, announced this at a news conference in Dushanbe last month.
In 2024, the country imported 47,294 passenger cars with a total value of $521.2 million.
“When the vehicle recycling fee was introduced, there were claims (the official did not specify who made the claims — editor’s note) that cars would no longer be imported into Tajikistan. Yet, in 2025, the number of passenger cars imported was 16,600 higher compared to 2024,” said Karimzoda.
However, the exact number of other types of vehicles imported to Tajikistan last year remains unclear.
According to the Customs Service, the largest share of vehicles came from the following 10 countries:
· China – 28%
· Russia – 26.7%
· Kazakhstan – 13.3%
· Uzbekistan – 5.2%
· Iran – 4.5%
· Belarus – 2%
· Turkiye – 2.4%
· South Korea – 2.4%
· Germany – 1.6%
· Japan – 1.4%
In addition, Khurshed Karimzoda noted that last year, the import of electric vehicles, including electric cars, buses, and trolleybuses, worth 1.181 billion somoni, was exempt from customs duties. However, he did not specify how many electric cars were imported during this period.
Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Transport, as of June 1, 2025, the country had 34,354 electric vehicles. In 2024, Tajikistan imported 17,695 electric cars, while in the first five months of 2025, 12,821 electric vehicles were imported.
Earlier, the Ministry of Transport reported that there were 701,231 registered vehicles in Tajikistan, including 676,782 passenger cars.
