Meeting of the First Deputy Minister of the Economic Development and Trade with the Director of the International Trade Centre

On 21 May 2019 a meeting of the official delegation of the Republic of Tajikistan headed by the First Deputy Minister of the Economic Development and Trade Mr. Zavqizoda Zavqi Amin with participation of the First Deputy Head of the Customs Services Mr. Tursunzoda Azim Haydar and the Senior Specialist of the Planning and Reforms Department of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Mr. Umed Mirzoev with the Director of the International Trade Centre Ms. Arancha Gozalez was held in Geneva, Switzerland. During the meeting bilateral and multilateral cooperation of the parties were discussed.

Mr. Zavqizoda Zavqi Amin has expressed gratitude to the ITC for the mutually beneficial cooperation and introduced the achievements of the Republic of Tajikistan in the framework of implementation of the strategic documents’ goals and priorities including the participation of Tajikistan in the World Trade Organization, export development, acceleration of the diversification of the export-oriented products and trade facilitation.

It was noted that as a result of the taken actions the share of the foreign trade turnover increased from 20% in 2015 to 25.3% in 2018 and the number of trading partners increased from 90 to 110 countries, export diversification increased from 150 to approximately 480 products.

ITC has highly appreciated the accomplishments of the Republic of Tajikistan in trade facilitation and active participation in WTO works and declared its readiness for increasing the assistance and technical support for further development of the economy of the Republic of Tajikistan.