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TASHKENT (TCA) — Starting from 1 January 2017, the government of Uzbekistan has raised excise duties for alcoholic products, beer, and cigarettes produced in the country by an average of 23 percent, Novosti Uzbekistana news agency reports.
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KABUL (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s companies are ready to invest in Afghanistan’s energy, agriculture, road construction and railway sectors, Tolo News reported citing Homaion Qiomi, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s advisor on infrastructure.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — As Turkmenistan badly needs to diversify its gas export routes amid the ongoing dispute with Iran over the payment for gas, we are republishing this article originally published by Stratfor:
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s medium-term development program until 2020 consists of a pessimistic and realistic scenario, Avesta news agency reported with reference to the Tajik government.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s leather and footwear industry plans to produce output worth $1.68 billion in the next four years, which would rank the country among the CIS leaders in the production of footwear and leather goods, the Jahon information agency reported.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajik authorities are looking into claims by an Afghan official that Taliban tanks and other heavy weapons are being repaired by Russian engineers in Tajikistan, RFE/RL reports.
