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TAJIKISTAN
General Information
Facts & Data
M&M Tajikistan
Location & Population
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Republic of Tajikistan is located in
Central Asia
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Border countries:
Afghanistan - 1,206 km, China - 414
km,
Uzbekistan - 1,161 km, Kyrgyzstan
– 870 km
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Territory: 143 100 square km
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Population: 7 380 000 people
(Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim
5%, other 10%)
Climate & Terrain
Climate: Midaltitude continental, hot summers, mild
winters
Terrain: Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape;
93 percent of territory is mountainous
Capital and other cities
Capital city: Dushanbe (about 1,000,000 people)
Other cities: Khujand, Kulyab, Kurgan-Tyube, Khorog
Government
Tajikistan
Government type: Republic
Independence: 9 September 1991
Executive branch: Chief of state: President Emomali RAHMONOV
Head of government: Prime Minister Oqil OQILOV
Legislative branch: Bicameral Supreme Assembly:
Lower Chamber - Assembly of Representatives or Majlisi
Namoyandagon and Upper Chamber - National Assembly
or Majlisi Milliy
Juridical Branch: Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the
President)
Economy
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Economic summary: GDP (2006 est.): $8.826 billion;
GDP per capita $1,300 (2006).
Real growth rate: 7% (2006).
Inflation rate: 7,5% (2006).
Unemployment: 12%
GDP - composition by sector: Agriculture:
22.7%, Industry: 28.5%
services: 48.8% (2006 est.)
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Main Agriculture products: cotton, grain, fruits, grapes,
vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats.
Industries: aluminum, zinc, lead; chemicals and fertilizers,
cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools etc.
Natural resources: hydropower, petroleum, uranium, mercury,
brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold
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Local currency: Tajik Somoni (TJS); Rate: US dollar - 3.3 (2006)
Economy
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Exports: $950 million f.o.b. (2005 est.): aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits,
vegetable oil, textiles
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Imports: $1.25 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): electricity, petroleum products, aluminum
oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuff, general consumer’s goods
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External Debt: $829 million (2006 est.)
Transportation
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Tajikistan does not have direct access to sea port.
Shipments are conducted by transit through different countries:
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China
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Air transport:
Airports - with paved runways: 17
Carriers: Tajik Air, Turkish Airlines, Southern China Airlines,
Ariana, S7 Airlines, UTAir, Domodedovo Airlines, Samara
Airlines, Vnukovo Airlines, Ural Airlines
Regular Flights: Munich, Istanbul, Sharjah, Urumqi, Kabul,
Tehran, Delhi, Almaty, Bishkek, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg,
Samara, Chelyabinsk, Tyumen etc.
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Railways:
Total length of railways – 678 km.
Railway is the main mean of transport in Tajikistan
70% of cargo to/from Tajikistan transported by railway
M&M Delegation in Tajikistan
Official name: “M&M Militzer and
Muench International Holding AG
representative office in Tajikistan”
Registered by Ministry of Justice of
Tajikistan in June 2006
Address and contacts:
46-87, Aini street, 734024
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Tel: +992 37 2211618
Fax:+992 99 8800070
E-Mail: [email protected]
Office location
Located on Dushanbe airport road
Benefits: Easy access for customers
and visitors, 200 meters away from
Sheraton hotel construction site
Management
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Head of Representative office - Aziz Sharipov
Education: Tajik State Pedagogical University,
Faculty of philology, Foreign Languages
Department and Tashkent State University of
Economics, Faculty: Methods of Global Market
Research & Economics
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Before joining M&M Tajikistan acted as Chief Int’l
Affairs Department of Kafolatbank (Tajikistan) since
2000 and before that since 1997 to 2000 worked as
Managing Partner of Gulf Freight Link LLC (U.A.E.),
since 1994 to 1996 Deputy to The Head of
Representative Office “Agind Swissital s.r.l.”, an
Italian construction company, in Tajikistan
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