A carpet enterprise has opened in Dushanbe

The opening ceremony was attended by the president and the mayor of the city.

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According to the president’s press service, on December 20, the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and his son Rustam Emomali inaugurated the Limited Liability Company “Kolinhoi Dushanbe” (Dushanbe Carpets) on Zebuniso Street in the Shohmansur district of the capital.

The carpet enterprise is expected to provide jobs and decent salaries for 500 people, and it can produce “4,500 square meters of carpets in various shapes and sizes, with national and European patterns and designs. The annual capacity of the enterprise is 1.5 million square meters of carpet.”

The management of the enterprise hopes that with the activation of the next phase, an additional 500 new jobs will be created, and the annual capacity of the enterprise will reach 3 million square meters of carpet products.

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This is not the first carpet enterprise in Tajikistan. The joint-stock company “Kolinhoi Kairokkum” (Kairokkum Carpets) has been operating in the Sughd region since 1960. The enterprise employs 500 people and is “one of the largest multi-profile enterprises in the carpet production sector.” Its annual production capacity is about 3 million square meters.

The annual demand for carpets in the country is 7.5 million square meters. Currently, there is an established export of domestically produced carpets to neighboring republics, including Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.

However, on the domestic market of Tajikistan, carpets produced in Turkey, Iran, and China, as well as handmade carpets from Afghanistan and Pakistan, are mainly sold. Competition in the market is very strong.