Business in Tajikistan, Dushanbe

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

1. To analyse the Tajik Economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI)
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

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 Organisation (ECO)
4. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (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

Trade Facilitation Programs

1. World Trade Organisation (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 Organisation (WCO)
   1. Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC)
3. International Bureau of Containers and Intermodal Transport (BIC)
4. International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO, Chicago Convention)
5. International Maritime Organisation (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. Organisation for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD)

Islamic Organisations

1. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
   1. Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC)
   2. Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI)
   3. Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)
   4. Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)
2. Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
3. Tajikistan - Middle East (AMED)

Euro-Asian Trade and Economic Organisations

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 Organisations

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

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: aluminium (50% of the total exports), hydro-power, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, and textile
2. Largest export markets of Tajikistan: the Netherlands, Turkey, Russia, Iran, China, and Uzbekistan
3. Main imports of Tajikistan: electricity, petroleum products, aluminium 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