What Tajik industries does Belarus want to invest in?
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Belarus considers Tajikistan a promising market for investment.
As a result of the Tajik-Belarusian business forum in Dushanbe on October 11-12, an agreement was signed on contracts for almost $50 million
“Virtually all sectors of the economy are represented. These are mechanical engineering, metallurgy, food products, woodworking, and light industry. For many, this is the first meeting with their participants. And the search for partners, which is expected with colleagues, will give results in the future,” spoke on the sidelines business forum Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Belarus Mikhail Myatlikov.
Representatives of more than 70 enterprises from Belarus took part in the business forum, half of them presented their products at the Made in Belarus exhibition, we found that Belarusian businessmen are ready to invest in the Tajik industry in the near future.
Processing of leather raw materials
The Belarusian side will send specialists to Tajikistan to learn about the possibilities of creating a joint production, pass Belta.
17:31 October 13
“In the near future, specialists will be sent to Tajikistan, they will conduct monitoring there,” said Tatiana Lugina, head of Bellegprom. – There is a fairly large amount of raw leather on Tajik soil – 1.5 thousand tons. head of cattle per year, their skins can be used as material.
How important, there is no deep processing of such raw materials in the country – after significant processing, the resources are sent to China.
“We understand that Belarusians are qualified in terms of the quality of the leather of the delivered goods, so we also look at the short-term fabric for ourselves, what kind of skins, their quality and thickness. Let’s see if it will be possible to build a business with Tajik colleagues to sharpen wet-salted skins and bring them to the finished leather goods. Perhaps this will be useful for us to diversify the assortment of a number of finished leather, ”said Lugina.
Company JSC “Bellegprom” participation of the enterprise for the production and sale of goods in the light industry. The concern includes 96 organizations, 76 of them are industrial. They are included in industries such as textile, clothing, knitwear and leather and footwear. The concern also includes 16 other organizations and enterprises.
Cotton processing
Bellegprom also considers it appraisal to invest in a cotton shortage enterprise in Tajikistan, pass Belta.
Belarus is already cooperating with Tajikistan, buying cotton and yarn. In the event of a possible purchase of cotton in the amount of $5 million.
“We are certainly interested in more, in-depth work on the processing of cotton, yarn, etc. Any business model, if it is linked to the raw materials of the domestic market, is more successful and has greater margins,” says Tatyana Lugina.
15:40 October 12
She believes that the participation of the Belarusian side in this industry will be beneficial.
“This is proved by the example of Russia, Turkey, China, which 5-7 years ago invested in the light industry of Uzbekistan, and now have a preferential price for cotton. This gives them a price advantage of 15-20% for fabrics and finished products,” Lugina said.
She also mentioned the supply of Belarusian textile products to the Tajik market – the fabric of the Mogotoks enterprise. For the first half of the year, according to her, products for a small amount have already been shipped, a contract has been signed for the supply of fabrics in 2023.
“Plus, we also talked about the qualifications of Tajik specialists – foremen, technologists on the basis of Mogotex. In November they will come to Belarus,” she added.
Supply of agricultural machinery
CJSC “Agrotechservice” supplies to Tajikistan a model range of tractors of the brand “Belarus” – the Minsk Tractor Plant, including small-sized tractors for working in gardens and on the fields of small dekhkan farms.
In a short time, the company became a partner of agricultural machinery manufacturers and is a dealer of Belarusian plants: OJSC MTZ – Belarus tractors, OJSC Gomselmash – grain harvesters, OJSC Bobruiskagromash – mechanical engineering.
Investment in these industries will continue.
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