Kazakhstan and Tajikistan aim to raise mutual trade to $2 billion until 2030, the Kazakh presidential press service said."Through joint efforts, bilateral trade is steadily approaching the $2 billion mark. (...) To achieve this goal, a Roadmap for Increasing Trade through 2030 was adopted today," Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said.He added that Kazakhstan is among Tajikistan's top three foreign trade partners.As reported earlier, annual trade between Kazakhstan and Tajikistan consistently exceeds $1 billion, and this year trade between the two countries reached that volume in nine months, a 26% increase.Tokayev noted that significant reserves for mutual trade are concentrated in the agricultural sector. In 2025, agricultural supplies between the two countries rose 11% to almost $600 million, or almost half of total mutual trade.Kazakhstan and Tajikistan are ready to further increase mutual supplies of food products and discussed the possibility of creating full agricultural processing chains.The Kazakh president also said joint projects that will become new drivers of growth for the two economies are an important task. According to him, mutually beneficial partnership in energy, oil and gas, mining, metallurgy and processing has great potential.Tokayev also said the Kazakh-Tajik business forum held ahead of the visit confirmed entrepreneurs' mutual interest in establishing contacts in many areas. (ICE ALMATY)

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