DUSHANBE, December 21, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has reportedly reduced its wheat flour imports.

According to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, 52.9 million U.S. dollars worth of more than 130,000 tons of wheat flour have been delivered to Tajikistan over the first eleven months of this year, which was 23.8 percent fewer than in the same period last year.

“In January-November 2014, Tajikistan imported US$70.2 million worth of 170,900 tons of wheat flour,” Firdavs Asmatbekov, the head of the Trade and Services Department at the Agency for Statistics, told Asia-Plus in an interview.

Meanwhile, Tajikistan’s wheat imports have risen more than 11 percent over the same eleven-month period.

Over the report period, Tajikistan has imported US$217,700 worth of 763,500 tons of wheat, Asmatbekov said.

In January-November 2014, Tajikistan reportedly imported US$217,700 worth of 686,100 tons of wheat.

Kazakhstan provides the bulk of Tajikistan’s grain and flour imports.  This year, Kazakhstan has reportedly accounted for 99.7 percent of Tajikistan’s wheat imports.  

According to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT), grain and flour remain the most important imported food products.