Names: conventional long form: Republic of Tajikistan conventional short form: Tajikistan local long form: Jumhurii Tojikiston local short form: Tojikiston former: Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic

Capital City: Dushanbe

Population: 7,320,815 (July 2006 est.)

GDP Per Capita: $1,300 (2006 est.)

Currency: somoni

Languages: Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business

Total Area: total: 143,100 sq km land: 142,700 sq km water: 400 sq km slightly smaller than Wisconsin

Region: Asia

Industries: aluminum, zinc, lead; chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers

Agriculture: cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats

Resources: hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold

Labor Force: 3.7 million (2003)
agriculture: 67.2% industry: 7.5% services: 25.3% (2000 est.)

Exports: $1.16 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles

Imports: $1.513 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs

Overview: Tajikistan has one of the lowest per capita GDPs among the 15 former Soviet republics. Only 6% of the land area is arable; cotton is the most important crop. Mineral resources, varied but limited in amount, include silver, gold, uranium, and tungsten. Industry consists only of a large aluminum plant, hydropower facilities, and small obsolete factories mostly in light industry and food processing. The civil war (1992-97) severely damaged the already weak economic infrastructure and caused a sharp decline in industrial and agricultural production. While Tajikistan has experienced steady economic growth since 1997, nearly two-thirds of the population continue to live in abject poverty. Economic growth reached 10.6% in 2004, but dropped to 8% in 2005, and to 7% in 2006. Tajikistan's economic situation, however, remains fragile due to uneven implementation of structural reforms, weak governance, widespread unemployment, and the external debt burden. Continued privatization of medium and large state-owned enterprises could increase productivity. A debt restructuring agreement was reached with Russia in December 2002, including a $250 million write-off of Tajikistan's $300 million debt to Russia. Tajikistan ranks third in the world in terms of water resources per head. A proposed investment to finish the hydropower dams Rogun and Sangtuda I and II would substantially add to electricity production, which could be exported for profit. If finished, Rogun will be the world's tallest dam. In 2006, Tajikistan was the recipient of substantial Shanghai Cooperation Organization infrastructure development credits to improve its roads and electricity transmission network.

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In 2007 Missouri exported $493,593 in goods to Tajikistan. This ranks Tajikistan 109^th among the 223 international buyers of Missouri goods. Missouri exports to Tajikistan increased from the previous year by $329,818 a change of 201.38%. State exports to Tajikistan have decreased over the last 5 years by 803,475 a change of -61.95%. Missouri exports account for .00%. of all 2007 US exports to Tajikistan.