DUSHANBE (TCA) — By 2030 Tajikistan will increase its annual electricity generation capacity from today’s 17 billion up to 45 billion kilowatt-hours and change the country’s export structure in favor of finished products instead of raw materials, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon said at the meeting of the National Development Council under the President of Tajikistan on June 21, the President’s press service reported.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s first hypermarket opened on June 21 in the country’s capital, Dushanbe, providing its customers with high-quality produce, greater choice and western standards of hygiene and logistics, the EBRD press office said.

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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s joint stock company Uzeltekhsanoat (Uzbek Electrotechnical Industry) is planning to use investments worth about US $1 billion until 2030 to increase domestic production of household appliances and home electronics by five times, the Jahon information agency reported.  

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ASTANA (TCA) — The trade turnover between Kazakhstan and the countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) grew from $17.5 billion to $22 billion between 2010 and 2015, Deputy Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Timur Zhaksylykov said on June 20 at the first Forum of analytical centers of Central Asia, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.   

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Skyland Petroleum Limited has commenced oil production from its first well of several on the Kyzyl-Tumshuk oil and gas field in Tajikistan, the company said on June 20.

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DUSHANBE (TCA) — France’s Total and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) on May 19 filed for arbitration proceedings at the International Court of Arbitration against Kulob Petroleum Limited (KPL), Canada-based Tethys Petroleum Limited’s subsidiary in Tajikistan, Tethys said on June 20.

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