Against the background of the continuing rise in prices for liquefied gas and gasoline, Tajikistan is now experiencing a shortage of fuel at gas stations, Asiaplustj.info reports.
Prices for liquefied gas at some gas stations in Dushanbe have reached 8 somoni, and in those where it costs less - from 7.20 to 7.80 somoni, a purchase limit has been introduced. $1 = 11 Tajik somoni.
Within two to three hours, gas stations sell out all the fuel intended for the day and close until the next day, the agency reports.
Drivers complain that they are forced to wander from one gas station to another in search of the necessary type of fuel.
Gas station employees refer to the fact that the wholesale price of liquefied gas and gasoline is increasing, and do not know what the price will be tomorrow.
Private cab drivers were the first to react to the rise in prices - today “seven somoni” taxis began to charge 10 somoni per trip. Prices for travel from the capital to some areas have also increased by 3-5 somoni.
In the first half of 2023, 30 fuel suppliers supplied Tajikistan with more than 174 thousand tons of gasoline of various brands worth about $100 million. Of this volume, 59% falls on the share of the Gazpromneft-Tajikistan company.
Tajikistan's petroleum products mainly come from Russia (85.4%), as well as from Kazakhstan (5.1%), Turkmenistan (4.4%), Uzbekistan (2.6%), and other countries (2.5%).
The supply of liquefied gas in the first half of 2023 was carried out by 14 companies, which imported about 170 thousand tons of this type of fuel worth more than $66 million to Tajikistan
Liquefied gas is mainly imported from Kazakhstan (73.5%) and Russia (about 24.7%).
In Kazakhstan, there is a ban on gas exports, and in Russia there is a showdown - attempts to destroy the export monopoly of Gazprom and the process of redistribution of this product is underway, as a result, not only Tajikistan, but also other countries in Central Asia began to receive gas in smaller volumes.
CentralAsianLIGHT.org
October 24, 2023