DUSHANBE, April 15, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Based on current data, the gross domestic product (GDP) for the first three months of this year was more than 7.81 billion somoni (equivalent to more than 1.6 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 7.0 percent over the same period last year in comparable prices, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan.

GDP structure by sources of income included: sale and repair of automobiles and home appliances and consumer goods, hotels and restaurants – 23.7 percent; transportation, communications and warehousing – 16.8 percent; industry and energy – 12.5 percent; construction – 8.0 percent; agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing – 6.5 percent; etc.

We will recall that Tajikistan’s GDP for 2013 was 40.5245 billion somoni (equivalent to more than 8.5 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 7.4 percent over 2013 in comparable prices.