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Trade between China and the five Central Asian countries exceeded $100 billion in 2025 for the first time, marking a new milestone in their economic relations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on January 19. asiaplustj.info »
On December 2, during his official visit to Tajikistan, Numan Kurtulmu asiaplustj.info »
Central Asian countries and Azerbaijan have agreed to launch a unified regional brand, "Made in Central Asia", and to increase mutual trade volume to $20 billion, according to gazeta.uz . These initiatives were central topics at the first meeting of the region’s ministers of trade and investment, held Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, on November 13. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has announced plans to significantly expand its economic partnership with Turkiye, aiming to increase bilateral trade to US$1 billion. asiaplustj.info »
China has solidified its position as Tajikistan’s top trading partner, now accounting for a quarter of the country's total foreign trade turnover. According to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, bilateral trade between Tajikistan and China reached US$1. asiaplustj.info »
The 107th meeting of the CIS Economic Council was held in Dushanbe on September 5. The agenda included 27 issues, of which 17 will be submitted for consideration by the Council of Heads of Government on September 29 in Minsk. asiaplustj.info »
The volume of mutual trade in goods between the countries of the Persian Gulf and Central Asia in 2024 reached $3. 3 billion, an increase of more than four times compared to 2020, according to the Eurasian Development Bank. asiaplustj.info »
In the first half of 2025, exports from Tajikistan amounted to just over 943. 2 million dollars, which is 53 million or 5. 3% less than in the same period of 2024. This was announced by Chairman of the Customs Service of Tajikistan Khurshed Karimzoda at a press conference on August 7. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan's foreign trade turnover deficit has continued to grow in the first half of 2025, the country’s Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Zavqi Zavqizoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on August 6. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has taken a significant step toward modernizing its trade processes with the unveiling of key findings from the CART.IS analysis in Dushanbe yesterday. asiaplustj.info »
Bilateral trade between Tajikistan and Afghanistan has seen a significant boost over the first five months of 2025, reaching approximately US$40 million, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
A two-way trade between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan experienced a remarkable surge over the first five months of 2025, reaching US$6. 35 million—more than 15 times higher than in the same period last year. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon emphasized the vital role of trade and transport cooperation among the member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) on July 4 during his speech at the 17th ECO Summit held in Khankendi, Azerbaijan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan's external trade turnover has reached over US$3. 91 billion over the first five months of 2025, slightly up compared to the same period last year. However, this increase was driven primarily by imports, as the country continues to buy more than it sells abroad. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first four months of this year, Tajikistan’s external trade turnover has estimated at 3,114,100,000 U. S. dollars, which is 13. 8 percent or 378. 6 million US dollars more than in the same period last year. asiaplustj.info »
The bilateral trade between Tajikistan and Kazakhstan rose 7.4 percent in a year to December 31, 2024, reaching over US$1.2 billion. Alibek Kuantyrov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, told Asia-Plus this during the Astana International Forum (AIF). asiaplustj.info »
Co-chaired by Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda and his Uzbek counterpart Abdulla Aripov, the latest meeting of the Joint-Tajikistan-Uzbekistan Intergovernmental Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation took place in the Uzbek city of Khiva on April 15. Uzbekistan’s online news portal UzDaily. asiaplustj.info »
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to introduce so-called “retaliatory” tariffs on imports has sparked global criticism. Both Europe and Asia are speaking out about the negative consequences of Washington’s declared trade war and their readiness to respond, BBC’s Russian Service says , noting that for some U.S. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say U.S. President Donald Trump is stepping up his massive global trade war, a move that’s certain to weigh on Americans’ wallets and could push the U.S. economy into a painful recession. asiaplustj.info »
Despite the fact that the government of Afghanistan remains unrecognized by most countries around the world, Kabul has successfully developed economic cooperation with its neighbors and countries of the Islamic world, Russian media reports say , citing the Afghan Ministry of Industry and Commerce. asiaplustj.info »
In January 2025, the bilateral trade between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan significantly decreased. Uzbekistan’s National Committee for Statistics says a total trade volume between the two countries reached only US $35. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan’s Cabinet Chairman, Adylbek Kasymaliyev, has confirmed his country’s readiness to act as an effective intermediary for the supply of Tajikistan’s products to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) market. asiaplustj.info »
Over 90% of Tajik-Russian two-way trade in 2024 was conducted in the Russian rubles, the Chairman of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT), Firdavs Tolibzoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on February 12. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reports that a decree issued by Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev outlines a five-year improvement plan to facilitate commerce via the Middle Corridor, an emerging network connecting China to Europe via the Caspian Sea corridor. asiaplustj.info »
IRNA says the 28th Meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Council of Ministers concluded in the Iranian city of Mashhad on December 3 with officials calling for expansion of cooperation between the member nations. asiaplustj.info »
Free trade zones will be established in the Besharyk district and the city of Kuvasay in Uzbekistan's Fergana region. Fergana news agency says this was announced on December 3 during a meeting held by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to discuss measures to ensure the socio-economic development of the region. asiaplustj.info »
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said that trade exchanges between Iran and Tajikistan have more than doubled over the past three years. IRNA reports that speaking at a press conference upon returning from his two-day visit to Dushanbe, the Iranian speaker said on October 11 that he had had cultural and social discussions with top-ranking Tajik officials. asiaplustj.info »
At the beginning of September this year, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade presented the E-Commerce Program for 2025-2029, which, according to its authors, "aims to expand e-commerce, create opportunities to reduce costs associated with trade organization, simplify trade procedures, and facilitate faster cashless transactions. asiaplustj.info »
Zakon.kz says Kazakhstan’s trade with Central Asia’s nations has been decreasing. Over the first quarter of this year, Kazakhstan external trade turnover has reported been estimated at 31.2 billion US dollars, which is 5.6 percent fewer than in the same period last year. asiaplustj.info »
The U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is hosting the 13th Central Asia Trade Forum, entitled “Trade Connections: Bridging Globally,” on May 14 and 15 at the Rixos Hotel in Almaty, Kazakhstan. asiaplustj.info »
Mr. Zavqi Zavqizoda, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan, and Mr. Ling Ji, Vice Minister of Commerce also Deputy China International Trade Representative, co-chaired the 13th meeting of the Tajikistan-China Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation that took place in Beijing, China on May 8, 2024. asiaplustj.info »
It seems that the Russian authorities are having a hard time accepting that Russia is playing second fiddle to China when it comes to trade in Central Asia. Eurasianet says the reluctance of Russian officials to acknowledge trade reality was on display at trade fair “INNOPROM Central Asia” that took place in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent from April 22 to April 24. asiaplustj.info »
In January this year, Tajikistan’s external trade turnover amounted to 571 million US dollars, which 13. 1 percent, or 66 million US dollars, more than in January last year, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
On Thursday February 22, a meeting and negotiations of the official delegations of Tajikistan and the Republic of Tatarstan took place Tatarstan’s capital, Kazan. asiaplustj.info »
The Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan says Tajikistan’s total trade turnover with all Central Asia’s countries over the first eleven months of 2023 has valued at little more than 1. asiaplustj.info »
Press release issued by the European Union (EU) notes that UN’s detailed assessments of Central Asian countries benefiting from preferential access to the EU market reveal major gaps in their fulfilment of human rights obligations. asiaplustj.info »
Speaking at a joint meeting of high-ranking delegations of Iran and Tajikistan in Dushanbe, Iranian President Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi said yesterday that good steps have been taken over the past two years to help enhance cooperation in political, economic and cultural areas. asiaplustj.info »
According to data of the Agency for Statistics under the Government of Tajikistan, a two-way trade between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan over the first nine months of this year has valued at 8.039 million US dollars, which is 32.6 percent less than in the same period last year. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first eight months of this year, Tajikistan’s external trade turnover amounted to 4,571,900,000 U. S. dollars, which is 4. 9 percent, or 236. 5 million US dollars, fewer than in the same period last year, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
On Thursday September 14, Tajik President met here with his Turkmen counterpart Serdar Berdimuhamedow, who arrived in Dushanbe to participate in the Fifth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia and in a regular meeting of the Council of Heads of Founding States of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS). asiaplustj.info »
The readiness of Central Asian countries for low-carbon trade was discussed on September 12 by leading experts and business community representatives in an online training organized by the International Trade Center and its institutional partner in Central Asia – QazTrade. asiaplustj.info »
Senators Murphy and Young stress that the time is ripe to drop the “outdated” restrictions of Jackson-Vanik and “redefine” the U.S. relationship with Central Asia. A bipartisan bill has been introduced to the U.S. asiaplustj.info »
The volume of bilateral Tajik-Uzbek trade turnover for seven months of this year decreased by more than $48 million compared to the same period of the previous year. In January-July of this year, the trade turnover between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan amounted to about $267 million, which is 15. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reported on July 26 that China’s General Administration of Customs (GTU) has released trade data for the first half of 2023 involving Central Asian nations, and to no one’s surprise Turkmenistan is the only one of the five with a favorable trade balance with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Overall, China has reportedly exported about US$26. asiaplustj.info »
On Sunday, July 23, the Ambassador of Tajikistan to Iran Nizomiddin Zohedi met in Tehran with the Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Hossein Selahvarzi. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first six months of this year, Tajikistan’s external trade turnover amounted to 3. 415 billion U. S. dollars, which is 2. 8 percent, or 98. 2 million US dollars, fewer than in the same period last year, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first five months of this year, Tajikistan’s external trade turnover amounted to 2. 842. 1 billion U. S. dollars, which is 3. 9 percent, or 106. 2 million US dollars, more than in the same period last year. asiaplustj.info »
The results of the visit of President Emomali Rahmon once again confirmed a special character and great prospects for the cooperation between Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said, while making a joint statement for mass media with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, according to Kazinform . asiaplustj.info »
Kazakhstan will open a trade representation in Afghanistan, in a bid to strengthen trade relations between the nations, Kazakhstan prime minister’s official website reported on April 16. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first two months of this year, Tajikistan’s external trade turnover amounted to 1. 018. 4 billion U. S. dollars, which is 10. 9 percent, or 124. 71 million US dollars, less than in the same period last year. asiaplustj.info »
