DUSHANBE, January 26, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The value of the Tajik national currency, the somoni (TJS), has continued to depreciate against the U.S. dollar, registering an average market purchase rate of the dollar against the somoni 1:5.66 on January 23, up from 1:5.635 on January 16.

Tajik central bank notes that on January 23 the highest market purchase rate between USD and TJS was reported in Qurghon Teppa – 1:567

In Dushanbe, the market exchange rate between USD and TJS rose from 1:5.64 on January 16 to 1:5.66 on January 23.

In Khujand, the capital of Sughd province, the market exchange rate between USD and TJS rose from 1:5.65 on January 16 to 1:5.66 on January 23.

In Qurghon Teppa, the capital of Khatlon province, the market exchange rate between USD and TJS rose from 1:5.65 on January 16 to 1:5.67 on January 23.

In Kulob (Khatlon province), the market exchange rate between USD and TJS rose from 1:5.60 on January 16 to 1:5.65 on January 23.

In Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), the market exchange rate between USD and TJS rose from 1:5.40 on January 16 to 1:5.45 on January 23.

Meanwhile, an official exchange rate between USD and TJS set by the National Bank of Tajikistan rose from 1:5.3367 on January 16 to 1:5.377on January 23.

An official source at the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) says the national currency, the somoni (TJS), lost more than 10.7 percent of its value against the dollar (USD) in 2014, down from 4.93:1 on January 1 to 5.46:1 on December 31.