DUSHANBE, December 17, Asia-Plus  -- $1.18 billion have been remitted to Tajik banks over the first ten months of this year, which is 46.6 percent more than in the same period of last year, Asia-Plus has learned at the National Bank of Tajikistan

The source at NBT said that it is 46.6 percent more than in the same period of last year, when $751.6 million had been remitted to Tajik banks.

The funds have been remitted mainly from CIS states, primarily from the Russian Federation.