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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Officials from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Government of Tajikistan and civil society representatives met last week to discuss their joint activities for 2020, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe said on August 28.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) on August 28 co-organized an international Seminar on Fostering Cooperation Among Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones (NWFZ) with participation of representatives of all Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, experts from relevant international and regional organizations as well as a number of observer-states, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — City police in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent are rejecting claims that dozens of men with beards were detained and forced to shave because they were practicing Muslims, saying the men were held during a raid to find suspects selling stolen mobile phones, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Former Kyrgyz Deputy Interior Minister Kursan Asanov, who personally negotiated former President Almazbek Atambayev’s surrender after a deadly two-day standoff earlier in August, has been placed under house arrest, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The largest importers of Tajikistan goods are Turkey, Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan, Avesta news agency reported.
According to the Tajik Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Turkey accounts for 21.4 percent of Tajikistan’s total exports.
Switzerland accounts for 19.4 percent of the total export.
These two countries mainly import Tajik primary aluminum, gold, and cotton fiber.
In January-July 2019, Tajikistan’s trade with Turkey amounted to US $220.3 million, including $137 million worth of goods exported from Tajikistan.
During this period, Tajikistan’s trade with Switzerland amounted to $131.4 million, including $124.6 million worth of goods exported from Tajikistan.
However, Russia remains the largest trading partner of Tajikistan, with Tajik-Russian trade totaling $570 million in January-July.
Tajikistan’s main export items are primary aluminum, cotton fiber, gold and silver, and dried fruits.
During this period, Tajikistan mainly imported from Russia (29.6 percent of the total imports), Kazakhstan (21.9 percent), and China (17.2 percent).
In January-July, Tajikistan’s exports amounted to $641.5 million and imports exceeded $1.8 billion.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Government of Kazakhstan on August 27 approved the Forecast for the Socio-Economic Development of the Country until 2024, the press service of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
The Minister of National Economy Ruslan Dalenov presented the document.
In his words, depending on changes in external parameters, three possible scenarios for the development of the economy of Kazakhstan were considered. The base scenario assumes an oil price of $55 per barrel. Real GDP growth is projected at 4.1% in 2020. In 2024, it will reach 4.7%. The average annual GDP growth rate over 5 years will be 4.4%.
“Investments will become a significant factor in maintaining economic growth,” Dalenov emphasized.
In the context of industry, the main growth will be in the non-oil sector. This is manufacturing, services and construction. The average growth of these industries will be at the level of 4.7%.
Oil production in Kazakhstan will increase from 90 million tons in 2020 to 100 million tons in 2024. The increase in production will be due to the expansion of the Tengiz, Karachaganak, and Kashagan fields and the commissioning of offshore fields.
Nominal GDP will amount to 75 trillion tenge in 2020, and in 2024 — 106 trillion tenge.
GDP per capita will be $10.5 thousand in 2020, with an increase to $14.3 thousand in 2024.
Exports will grow at an average rate of 2.9%, reaching $63 billion in 2024. The average annual import growth will be at the level of 2.5%, amounting to $37 billion in 2024.
The Chairman of the National Bank Erbolat Dossaev said that the main goal of the National Bank is to maintain inflation in the range of 4-6% in 2019-2021, with a subsequent decrease to 3-5% in 2022-2024.
