turmoil and the continued dominance by former
communist officials have impeded the introduction of meaningful
economic reforms. The regime has made only halfhearted efforts to
stabilize the economy and promote reform.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $6.4 billion (1995 estimate as
extrapolated from World Bank estimate for 1994)

GDP real growth rate: -12.4% (1995 est.)

GDP per capita: $1,040 (1995 est.)

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 28% monthly average (1995 est.)

Labor force: 1.95 million (1992)
by occupation: agriculture and forestry 43%, government and services
24%, industry 14%, trade and communications 11%, construction 8%
(1990)

Unemployment rate: 3.3% includes only officially registered
unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and
unregistered unemployed people (December 1995)

Budget:
revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Industries: aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers,
cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators
and freezers

Industrial production growth rate: -5% (1995)

Electricity:
capacity: 3,800,000 kW
production: 14.8 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 2,400 kWh (1995)

Agriculture: cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle,
sheep, goats

Illicit drugs: illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy;
mostly for CIS consumption; used as transshipment point for illicit
drugs from Southwest Asia to Western Europe and North America

Exports: $707 million (1995)
commodities: cotton, aluminum, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
partners: Russia, Kazakstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan

Imports: $690 million (1995)
commodities: fuel, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment,
textiles, foodstuffs
partners: Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakstan

External debt: $635 million (of which $250 million to Russia)
(1995 est.)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $22 million (1993)
note: commitments, $885 million (disbursements $115 million)
(1992-95)

Currency: introduced its own currency, the Tajik ruble, in May 1995

Exchange rates: Tajik rubles per US$1 - 284 (January 1996)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 480 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial
lines (1990)

Highways:
total: