Tajikistan exports electricity worth $100 mln

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Tajikistan exported electricity in the amount of $101 million during ten months of this year (January-October, 2022), according to Avesta.

According to the National Statistical Committee of Tajikistan, this is 10.7% more compared to the same period in 2021, when electricity was supplied abroad in the amount of $91.3 million.

Revenue from the export of electricity in October of this year decreased 13 times compared to the previous month - from $17.1 million to $1.3 million.

The share of electricity in the total exports of the republic in January-October 2022 amounted to 5.7%.

Tajikistan, in accordance with the agreements concluded, supplies electricity to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan (in the spring and summer period - May-August).

According to the contract concluded with the Afghan electricity company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), calculated for 2022, in the summer, Afghan consumers receive up to 400 MW daily, and in the autumn-winter period (September-April), supplies are reduced to 40 MW.

Under this agreement, Tajikistan in 2022 must supply Afghanistan with 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, the cost of each kilowatt-hour of Tajik electricity is 4.67 cents.

CentralasianLIGHT.org

December 8, 2022