DUSHANBE, December 8, 2012, Asia-Plus  -- The lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of the Tajik parliament has endorsed amendments made to the country’s customs code.

A regular sitting of the fourth session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon of the fourth convocation, presided over by its head, Shukurjon Zuhurov, was held on December 7.

Presenting a draft law requiring amendments to the customs code, Nemat Rahmatov, the first deputy head of the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan, noted that the law provides for cutting the number of customs documents required to export and import goods by half – from 10 to 5.  He expressed confidence that that measure would make Tajik market more attractive.

Thus, all new technologies being imported into the country would be fully exempted from customs payments beginning on January 1, 2013.

The amendments proposed to the customs code also provide for exempting some strategic facilities from customs payments.

Speaking at the meeting, MP Shodi Shabdolov noted that the draft law did not specify what kind of facilities would be exempted from paying customs duties.

Answering this question, Rahmatov noted that among such facilities was the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP).