In the first quarter of 2026 Tajikistan imported more than 24 thousand tons of sugar for a total of $22.2 million. The average cost of production was approximately $0.91 per kilogram.
According to the Customs Service of Tajikistan, imports have decreased significantly compared to the same period last year. In monetary terms, the decrease was about $6.6 million, or approximately 23%.
A significant part of the supplies came from Russia. Of the total volume of imports, about 6.6 thousand tons of sugar were purchased from Russian producers for an amount of about $6 million. Thus, Russia’s share in the import structure was about 27% both in volume and value.
The rest of the sugar was purchased from other countries, which indicates a fairly diversified geography of supplies. Nevertheless, Russia continues to remain one of Tajikistan’s key trading partners in the sugar market.
At the same time, Tajikistan occupies a relatively small share in the structure of Russian sugar exports – about 4.8% in value and 3.5% in volume. This suggests that the republic is a significant, but not the largest importer of Russian products.
In general, Tajikistan remains almost completely dependent on external supplies of sugar. At the end of 2025, more than 117.4 thousand tons of these products worth over $191 million were imported into the country. The main suppliers are Russia, Belarus and India. Russia accounted for about 52 thousand tons, Belarus – 28.2 thousand tons, India – 16.9 thousand tons. Significant volumes also come from Pakistan (9.5 thousand tons) and Kazakhstan (5.7 thousand tons).
Sugar is imported in smaller volumes from Azerbaijan, Iran and Uzbekistan, as well as from a number of other countries, including Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, China, Poland and Kyrgyzstan.
