Tajikistan Country Commercial Guide
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Overview

Tajikistan updated its National Development Strategy with its Vision for Climate Change to address carbon emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, and the threats to its environment, including poor air quality and the shrinking of the numerous glaciers that serve as the source of Tajikistan’s water and hydropower systems. While Tajikistan has overall low greenhouse gas emissions, the country is committed to low-carbon-emission power production (hydro, solar, and wind), a transition to electric vehicles, and transitioning of construction and industrial technologies to efficient, low-energy, and conservational models.

Tajikistan faces significant challenges in waste management, with informal sectors dominating e-waste handling, and the National E-waste Monitor 2025 highlighting the urgent need for infrastructure development in e-waste collection and recycling. Plans are underway to establish a solid waste processing plant in Dushanbe by 2025. “The National Water Strategy until 2040” aims to improve water laws, introduce water-saving technologies, and modernize infrastructure to ensure clean water and sewage systems for all citizens. Air pollution, particularly from coal-burning power plants like Dushanbe-2, poses significant health risks, prompting government efforts to monitor and control air quality with a focus on reducing emissions from industrial sources. Additionally, Tajikistan is promoting the adoption of industrial technologies to reduce carbon emissions, including carbon scrubbers for cement plants and coal-fired heating systems.

Waste management, recycling, air pollution controls, and water treatment and purification systems are all of critical importance to Tajikistan. The country lacks the capacity to develop these systems on its own, which provides an opportunity for leading industries to enter the market during this transitional phase of Tajikistan’s development.

Leading Sub-sectors

  • Industrial technologies for reducing carbon emissions, including carbon scrubbers for concrete plants and coal-fired heating plants
  • Air quality monitoring equipment
  • Waste management systems
  • Water treatment systems
  • Recycling systems
  • Green financing

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Trade data for Environmental Technologies

This sector of the economy is emerging, and the government does not currently maintain nor report trade data as of this writing. Based on political speeches, the National Development Strategy to 2030, and other indicators, this nevertheless will become one of the primary sectors of opportunity for the foreseeable future.

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