TEHRAN - Iran’ Deputy 
Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade for Commercial Affairs, in a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan, reviewed the latest status of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries and emphasized the need to accelerate the implementation of agreements, remove obstacles facing those active in the economic sectors, and provide new grounds for developing bilateral trade.
 The Ministry of Industry, Mining, and Trade said that Muhammad Sadegh Mofatteh, during a trip to Tajikistan and in a meeting with Ahliddin Nuriddinzadeh, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan, referring to the significant existing capacities for expanding economic relations, stressed the need to accelerate the exchange of tariff information and trade data-x-items between the two countries in order to review and finalize the preferential trade agreement.
Mofatteh discussed strengthening financial and banking mechanisms between the two countries and said: “The possibility of using national currencies, barter of goods and services, and creating executive mechanisms for settling trade exchanges should be examined.”
He continued: “Creating a database of economic actors of the two countries and strengthening communication between Tajikistan’s economic bodies and the commercial counselor of the Islamic Republic of Iran is necessary to accelerate the identification and resolution of problems faced by economic actors.”
The Deputy Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade for Commercial Affairs emphasized developing the presence of Iranian companies in the Tajik market and said: “Iranian companies’ access to Tajikistan’s tenders and projects, timely notification of economic opportunities, and providing the ground for the presence of capable Iranian companies in technical and engineering services projects should be taken into consideration.”
He emphasized the development of trade and investment cooperation and said: “Resolving the problems of production units and creating regional value chains is today a special necessity.”
Identifying investment opportunities and joint production, facilitating B2B communications between the private sectors of the two countries, developing trade cooperation, and examining a transparent mechanism for the purchase, transfer, processing, and trade of this product were among the other topics raised in this meeting.
Based on available statistics, the trade volume between Iran and Tajikistan in the first six months of 2026 reached $254.3 million, an increase of 14.8 percent compared to the same period last year; a matter that shows the existing capacity to achieve the goal of increasing bilateral trade volume to one billion dollars by 2030.