Over the past six months, petroleum products and liquefied gas have increased in price by 10.3% compared to the same period last year. On July 25, the Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan, Daler Juma, informed journalists at a press conference that 783.8 thousand tons of petroleum products and liquefied gas were imported […]
Over the past six months, petroleum products and liquefied gas have increased in price by 10.3% compared to the same period last year.
On July 25, the Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan, Daler Juma, informed journalists at a press conference that 783.8 thousand tons of petroleum products and liquefied gas were imported into Tajikistan from January to June 2024.
Of this, 524.2 thousand tons of petroleum products and liquefied gas were imported from Russia.
However, despite the increase in imports of petroleum products and liquefied gas, prices for liquefied gas have surged by more than 20% across the country in the past week. Now, the price for a liter of liquefied gas has risen from 5.8 somoni to a full 7.
The main reason for the shortage and sharp price increase for gas is unknown. However, the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan links this to a decrease in demand from residents for petroleum products and an increase in the number of electric vehicles.
Experts believe that these statements from the Ministry of Energy are illogical, as a decrease in demand should have led to lower prices. The main reason for the rise in prices for petroleum products and liquefied gas, according to experts, is the lack of healthy competition and the monopolization of the sector by relatives of the president.