In 2024, Tajikistan was the world’s second-ranked producer of antimony (not including United States production) and third-ranked producer of mercury, accounting for 18% and 1.9% of world output, respectively. Other mineral commodities produced in the country were aluminum, cement, copper, fluorspar, gold, gypsum, lead, salt, sand and gravel, silver, and zinc. Tajikistan’s real gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 8.4% in 2024 compared with an increase of 8.3% in 2023 owing to increase in three sectors—mining (mainly metal ore production), service, and trade. Total industrial production, in terms of value, increased by 20% from that in 2023. Within the industrial sector, mineral extraction, in terms of value, increased by 43%. Total mineral-processing production, in terms of value, increased by 7.6%. Tajikistan’s exports of antimony ore and concentrates all went to China; unwrought antimony (powders) primarily to France and Belgium; and antimony products primarily to Turkey. The country’s imports from the United States included iron and steel mill products, nonferrous metals, and nonmetallic minerals. The country’s exports to the United States included unwrought antimony (powders), gemstones, and nonferrous metals.
The legislative framework for the mineral sector in Tajikistan is provided by the Law on Subsoil of July 20, 1994, No. 983, which was amended on December 28, 2013. The Law on Precious Metals and Gemstones of May 12, 2001, No. 21, which was amended on November 27, 2014, regulates exploration for and production of precious metals and gemstones. Mineral commodities were produced by partially Government-owned companies and foreign companies (mainly from China). Comsup Commodities Inc. of the United States operated the Jijikrut antimony-mercury mine in Tajikistan. The Konchoch gold-antimony Mining and Processing Complex was operated by the Government-owned OJSC Tajik Aluminium Co.
