Tajikistan imports around 15,000 tons of flour for 2 months

AKIPRESS.COM - More than 14,600 tons of flour were imported by Tajikistan for two months, Avesta reported.
The domestic companies produced 110,000 tons of flour for this period, the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies said.
Thus, the country's flour stock reached 171,700 tons which is for 26.7% more than the country's needs (133,500 tons).
The country increased flour imports for 346.7 tons in the first 2 months compared to the same period of the previous year.
Wheat imports exceeded 95,000 tons which allowed production of more than 71,200 tons of flour.
There are 47 flour producers in Tajikistan producing 1.9 million tons of flour a year. This is 1.9 times more than the country's needs of 800,800 tons a year.
In 2019, Tajik flour producers produced 710,100 tons of flour for domestic consumption and more than 3,100 tons of flour for export.