Doing Business in Tajikistan

The purposes of the subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Republic of Tajikistan” are the following:

1. To analyze the Tajik Economy and Foreign Trade;
2. To know the business opportunities in the Republic of Tajikistan;
3. To explore the Tajik trade relations with the country of the student;
4. To know the Tajik Free Trade Agreements;
5. To examine the profile of Tajik companies;
6. To develop a business plan for the Tajik market.

The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Tajikistan” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Masters (MIB): International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate (DIB): Islamic Business, Asian Business, World Trade.

Learning materials in (or Tajikistán Tadjikistan).

1. Credits of the subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Tajikistan”: 1 ;
2. Duration: one week.

1. Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor;
2. Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI-ECO);
3. International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia);
4. Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (Silk Road);
5. Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA);
6. China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor;
7. Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor);
8. Access to the:
   1. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor;
   2. Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO);
   3. India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Economic Corridor;
   4. International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement (not a member).

Tajik Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements:

1. Tajikistan and the Central Eurasian Economic Area;
2. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS);
3. Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO);
4. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO);
5. Armenia-Tajikistan Free Trade Agreement (FTA);
6. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU);
7. Ukraine-Tajikistan Free Trade Agreement;
8. Islamic Trade Preferential System (TPS-OIC);
9. Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Programme.

Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEc) - Succeeded by the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in 2014

1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
   1. WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS);
   2. WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS);
   3. WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT);
   4. WTO Agreement on Preshipment Inspection (PSI);
   5. WTO Agreement on Safeguards (SG);
   6. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).
2. World Customs Organization (WCO)
   1. Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC).
3. International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport (BIC);
4. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, Chicago Convention);
5. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
   1. International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC);
   2. Convention Relating to Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention).
6. Customs Convention on Containers (CCC, UN) - not a member;
7. International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (UNECE);
8. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
   1. TIR Convention;
   2. Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport.
9. Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD).

Islamic Organizations:

1. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
2. Islamic Development Bank (IsDB);
3. Tajikistan - Middle East (AMED).

Euro-Asian Trade and Economic Organizations:

1. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
2. Asian Development Bank (ADB);
3. Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD);
4. Boao Forum for Asia;
5. European Investment Bank;
6. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
7. Africa-Asia Strategic Partnership (NAASP).

Global Organizations:

1. United Nations (UN)
   1. International Trade Centre (INTRACEN);
   2. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO);
   3. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - Not-member.
2. World Bank (WB);
3. World Trade Organization (WTO);
4. International Monetary Fund (IMF);
5. World Customs Organization (WCO).

The Republic of Tajikistan.

1. Tajikistan shares borders with Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan;
2. Tajik Capital: Dushanbe;
3. The largest cities of Tajikistan are Khujand, Kulyab, Kurgan-Tube, and Khorog;
4. Official language of Tajikistan: Tajik (Persian language) and Russian;
5. Tajik Population: 7 million people;
6. The Tajik people represent 80% of the population;
7. Independence of Tajikistan: 1991 (URSS);
8. Tajikistan is a Landlocked country;
9. Area of Tajikistan: 141,800 square kilometers.
   1. Tajikistan is the smallest country in Central Asia.
10. Mountains cover 93% of the territory of Tajikistan.

The main religion of Tajikistan is Sunni Islam.

Tajikistan belongs to the Central Eurasian Economic Area (Islamic Civilization).

Tajik Economy.

1. Strong economic reforms in Tajikistan;
2. Tajikistan is part of the Silk Road, the Asian Trade route;
3. Tajik Natural resources: precious metals (gold, silver), zinc, uranium, iron, manganese, and ore (400 mines);
4. Huge hydro resources potential;
5. Tajikistan has the largest Asian coal reserves;
6. Legal guarantees for investors and investment protection;
7. Free economic zones;
8. Tajik GDP growth: 5%;
9. Tajik Currency: Somoni.

Foreign Trade of Tajikistan.

1. Main Tajik exports: aluminum (50% of the total exports), hydro-power, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, and textile;
2. Largest export markets of Tajikistan: the Netherlands, Turkey, Iran, and Uzbekistan;
3. Main imports of Tajikistan: electricity, petroleum products, aluminum dioxide, cars, machinery, and food commodities;
4. Top Tajik import partners: Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Turkey;
5. Main sectors receiving FDI: energy, civil construction, banking services, and communication sector;
6. The largest investors in Tajikistan are Russia, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, China, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom;
7. Access to the Eurasian Land Transport Initiative.

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