In Tajikistan, the list of socially significant goods and products, the prices of which are subject to state regulation, has been supplemented with coal. This was reported to Asia-Plus by the Antimonopoly Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan.

It should be noted that initially the List, which was approved by the decree of the government of the republic, contained 16 names of goods or product groups.

In 2019, fuels and lubricants (gasoline, diesel fuel, liquefied gas), medicines and drugs were added, and in 2020 - mineral, organic and chemical fertilizers for the agricultural sector.

The Antimonopoly Service determines the upper limit of the cost of the goods and products specified in the list for a specific period (two to three months) if prices are unreasonably increased by 20 percent or more within one month. If it turns out that such pricing is entirely justified, the agency will not intervene.

Thus, at present the List contains 20 names of goods or product groups, in particular:

1. Flour (grades 1 and 2)

2. Bread made from grades 1 and 2 flour

3. Pasta

4. Wheat

5. Rice

6. Potatoes

7. Vegetables: carrots, onions, cabbage

8. Sugar, granulated sugar

9. Vegetable oil: cottonseed oil and sunflower oil, butter

10. Dairy products: milk, kefir, kaymak, sour cream, cottage cheese

11. Lentils, peas, buckwheat, porridge, pearl barley

12. Meat: beef, lamb, chicken

13. Chicken eggs

14. Salt

15. Tea: green and black

16. Baby food

17. Petroleum products: motor gasoline, diesel fuel and liquefied gas

18. Medicines and medical supplies

19. Mineral, organic and chemical fertilizers for the agricultural industry

20. Coal and brown coal

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, coal production in the republic in the first half of this year amounted to 1 million 56 thousand tons, which is almost 110 thousand tons (12%) more than in the same period of 2024.

The main consumer of coal remains the Dushanbe Thermal Power Plant-2, which purchased over 343 thousand tons in the first half of the year. More than 268 thousand tons of this product were sold to the population.

During this period, the republic exported about 262 thousand tons of coal to Uzbekistan.

The remaining coal in the storage facilities of mining enterprises, taking into account the reserves of previous years, as of July 1 of this year amounted to about 920 thousand tons. Coal mining in the first half of this year was carried out by 16 enterprises at 12 deposits.