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3/23/09
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Tajikistan’s trade deficit is exploding amid the global financial crisis. For the first two months of 2009, the country’s overall foreign trade turnover figure fell by 17 percent to $551.7 million.
The turnover total is dominated by imports. Tajikistan exported just $120.5 million worth of goods during the first two months of 2009, compared to $431.2 million worth of imports during the same period, the Tajik State Statistics Committee reported. The 2009 import figure marked a roughly 4 percent decline with the total recorded during the corresponding timeframe last year. Exports, meanwhile, experienced a whopping 44.2 percent drop-off during the January-February period this year, compared to the year-earlier total.
Tajikistan traded with 72 countries in the first two months of 2009. Trade with the former Soviet Union accounted for $233.8 million or just over 42 percent of turnover, the CA-News.org news agency reported March 23.
Posted March 23, 2009 © Eurasianet
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