 Business in Tajikistan,
Dushanbe
Syllabus of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Tajikistan.
Dushanbe
- Introduction to the Republic of Tajikistan (Central Asia)
- Tajik Economy
- Privatisation Process in the Republic of Tajikistan
- Doing Business in Dushanbe
- Foreign Trade (Import, Export) of Tajikistan
- Business Opportunities in Tajikistan:
- Energy
- Mining Industry
- Chemical industry
- Civil construction
- Construction materials manufacturing
- Light and food industry
- Agriculture and agricultural processing products
- Transport
- Tourism
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Tajikistan
- Case Study: Tajik Aluminum Company
- Access to the Tajik market
- Business Plan for Tajikistan
The purposes of the Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Republic of Tajikistan” are the following:
- To analyse the Tajik Economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI)
- To know the business opportunities in the Republic of Tajikistan
- To explore the Tajik trade relations with the country of the student
- To know the Tajik Free Trade Agreements
- To examine the profile of Tajik companies
- To develop a business plan for the Tajik market
Sample of the Subject - Doing Business in Tajikistan:

Description of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Tajikistan.
Tajikistan is one of the World's poorest countries.
Economic Corridors related to Tajikistan- Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
- Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI
-ECO)
- International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia)
- Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (Silk Road)
- Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
- China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor
- Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)
- Access to the:
- China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
- Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO)
- India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Corridor
- International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
(not a member)
Tajik Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements
- Tajikistan and the Central Eurasian Economic Area
- Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEc)
- Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
- Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO)
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
- Armenia-Tajikistan Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
- Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)
- Iran-Pakistan-Turkey Transit Transport Framework Agreement (TTFA)
- Trade Preferential System among the Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (TPS-OIC)
- Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)
- Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Programme
Trade Facilitation Programs
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
-
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
(SPS)
- Agreement on Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement)
- Agreement on
Preshipment Inspection
- Agreement on Safeguards (SG)
-
Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)
- World Customs Organisation (WCO)
- Revised Kyoto Convention
- International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
- Convention Relating to Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention)
- Customs Convention on Containers (CCC) - not a member
- International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods
- Organisation for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD)

Islamic Organisations
- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
- Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC)
- Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI)
- Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)
- Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)
- Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
- Tajikistan - Middle East (AMED)
Euro-Asian Trade and Economic Organisations
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
- Boao Forum for Asia
- European Investment Bank
- Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
- Africa-Asia Strategic Partnership (NAASP)
Global Organisations
- United Nations (UN)
- World Bank
(WB)
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- International Monetary Fund
(IMF)
- World Customs Organisation (WCO)
The Republic of Tajikistan.
- Tajikistan shares borders with Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan
- Tajik Capital: Dushanbe
- The largest cities of Tajikistan are Khujand, Kulyab, Kurgan-Tube, and Khorog
- Official language of Tajikistan: Tajik (Persian language) and Russian
- Tajik Population: 7 million people
- The Tajik people represent 80% of the population
- Independence of Tajikistan: 1991 (URSS)
- Tajikistan is a Landlocked country
- Area of Tajikistan: 141,800 square kilometres.
- Tajikistan is the smallest country in Central Asia
- 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 Civilisation).

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

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








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