Content Group 3 of Tajikistan

Multinational Trade Agreements

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1. Armenia (effective March 1994): Tajikistan's main exports to Armenia in 2016 were other made-up textile articles, sets, worn clothing and worn textile articles and rags. Tajikistan's main imports from Armenia in 2016 were pharmaceutical products.
    
2. Belarus (effective 1998): Belarus exports to Tajikistan include sugar, tractors, carpets and flooring, construction materials, medications, malt, refrigerators and freezers. Tajikistan exports to Belarus include cotton yarn, untreated cotton fibre, dried fruits and nuts.
    
3. Kyrgyzstan (effective January 2006): Tajikistan mainly exports fruits, nuts and tobacco to Kyrgyzstan. Tajikistan's imports from Kyrgyzstan include coffee, tea, milk, preparations of cereals, spirts and vinegar.
    
4. Russia (effective April 1993): In 2017, Russia's trade with Tajikistan totalled USD717.6 million, up 4.31% compared to 2016.
    
5. Ukraine (effective July 2002): The main imported goods from Ukraine to Tajikistan are foodstuff, canned goods, sugar, confectionery, pharmaceuticals, cement, bauxite, coal, coke, pitch, oil, synthetic corundum, aluminium oxide, aluminium hydroxide, motors and generators, turbines, paper, building materials, metal products, home appliances, agricultural equipment, tractors, machinery, products used in the electrical, railway cars, furniture and accessories. The main exported goods from Tajikistan to Ukraine are raw cotton and food products, including fruit and vegetables, and dried fruit.
    
6. Uzbekistan (effective January 1996): Uzbekistan's exports to Tajikistan are mainly transportation services, mineral fertilisers and food products. The list of exported Tajikistani goods includes cables, carpet products, building materials and coal. With a growing range of products traded, it is hoped that bilateral trade will reach USD500 million by 2020.
    
7. Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area (FTA; effective September 2012): This is an FTA between Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. The agreement was designed to reduce all trade fees on a number of goods between participating countries.
    
8. Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement (effective 2008): This trade agreement consists of a free trade region formed between Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Intra-regional trade accounts for around 7.64% of the total trade among member states.