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|**BISNISHome PageSearchBISNISEmbassyReportsCountryReportsIndustryReportsPublicationsSourcesof FinanceLeadsand EventsExchangeRatesState ExportsOtherSources** |  | July 1997Increased customs duties have been imposed by the Government of Tajikistan on a number of
commodities imported from non-CIS countries.  Higher tariffs apply for alcoholic
beverages--fermented, brewed, distilled; tobacco products; crude oil and petroleum products;
tires; leather garments and materials; fur clothes and parts; carpets and other textile carpeting;
hats; household and office glass products; jewelry, precious stones or metals, pearls and related
goods; cotton and silk fabrics; and motor vehicles.  Increases have been dramatic in some cases. 
For instance, the  rate for vodka has risen from 70 to 200 percent, from 45 to 100 percent for
wine, and from 50 to 100 percent for cigarettes. For more information on increased customs
duties in Tajikistan, visit BISNIS Online at www. mac.doc.gov/bisnis/cables/970530tj.htm.This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS)