Trade Turnover Between Tajikistan And Pakistan Grows
Date
9/13/2024 8:07:53 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, September 13. A whopping
62 percent year-on-year growth, the trade transaction between
Pakistan and Tajikistan reached $53 million in 2023, Trend reports.
According to Tajikistan's Ministry of Economic Development and
Trade, the announcement was made during a meeting between
Tajikistan's Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Zavqi
Zavqizoda, and Pakistan's Minister of Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan,
within the frame of the 23rd Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO) meeting in Islamabad.
Zavqi Zavqizoda encouraged Khan to facilitate Pakistani
investments in priority sectors of Tajikistan's economy, including
green energy projects and joint industrial ventures such as textile
manufacturing.
The discussions covered expanding bilateral trade, increasing
export goods, and enhancing cooperation in trade, economy,
transport, and logistics. The ministers also explored the use of
Pakistani transit routes and ports and discussed improving sugar
imports.
According to Tajikistan's National Statistical Agency, the
country's total international trade turnover in 2023 exceeded $8.3
billion, a 13.9 percent rise from 2022.
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