Trade Policy Review

Report by

Tajikistan

Revision

Pursuant to the Agreement Establishing the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (Annex 3 of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization), the policy statement by Tajikistan is attached.

Contents

1   Introduction.. 3

2   economic situation in 2013-2019. 3

2.1   Macroeconomic Review. 3

2.2   Monetary and Banking Policy. 5

2.3   Fiscal Policy. 7

2.4   Investment and Privatization Policy. 7

2.5   Industry. 9

2.6   Agriculture. 10

2.7   Energy. 10

2.8   Transport 11

2.9   Telecommunications. 11

2.10   Tourism.. 12

3   trade policy. 13

3.1   Trade in Goods. 13

3.2   Customs Procedures. 15

3.2.1   Establishment of single window mechanism.. 15

3.3   Tariffs Regulation. 16

3.4   Implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement 16

3.5   Technical Barriers to Trade. 17

3.6   Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. 17

3.7   Free Economic Zones (FEZ) 18

3.8   Government Procurement 18

3.9   Competition and Antimonopoly Policy. 18

3.10   Intellectual Property Protection. 19

4   bilateral and multilateral trade agreements. 20

5   tajikistan's participation in the wto.. 20

6   a mid-term forecast of social and economic indicators of the country for 2020-2022. 20

7   national development strategy of the republic of tajikistan for the period up to 2030. 21

8   importance of the financial and technical assistance of international organizations to the republic of tajikistan.. 22