For the first six months of 2018, the volume of imports of wheat in Tajikistan from Kazakhstan increased by 15%, according to the August 2 edition of the Trend, citing data from the Antimonopoly service under the government of Tajikistan.

During the reporting period, Dushanbe purchased 500 thousand tons of wheat with an average cost of $169 per ton. In Tajikistan for the production of flour used is mainly of Kazakh wheat.

As reported IA REGNUM, in early July of 2018, the government of Tajikistan approved the list of socially important goods and products of first necessity. Prices on items in this list, including flour, will be governed by the state.