BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 27. Tajikistan plans to increase production of vegetable oil by more than 57 percent in the next three years, Trend reports citing the report of Ministry of Economic Development of Tajikistan.
According to the forecast of the main macroeconomic indicators of Tajikistan for 2022-2024, oil production should increase from 27,300 tons in 2022 to 43,000 tons by 2024.
Meanwhile, Tajikistan has already purchased 37,000 tons of vegetable oil worth $42 million in the first quarter of 2022 and at the moment there are 52 enterprises producing vegetable oil in Tajikistan with a total capacity of 80,000 tons per year.