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Tajikistan

Market Price Bulletin, December 2011

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• More than 300 freight cars bound for southern Khatlon Region have been stranded in Uzbekistan territory since November 16, including 23 wagons with WFP humanitarian assistance. If railings do not resume, a spike in the prices of food and other goods can be anticipated in the region.
• Prices for wheat flour continued to decline, falling by 4% country-wide. However, petrol prices increased by 8% in the capital.
• The inflation rate has risen 9% since January 2011, according to the National Bank of Tajikistan