Khovar: 13.7 млрд сомонӣ қарз дар шаш моҳи 2025

Tajik-language news report by the National Information Agency of Tajikistan “Khovar” (АМИТ «Ховар»), dated 1 August 2025 at 17:30, filed from Dushanbe by correspondent Марзия Саидзода (Marziya Saidzoda). The article reports that the National Bank of Tajikistan (Бонки миллии Тоҷикистон) announced growth in the volume of loans issued in the country during the first half of 2025. The article reports that at a press conference summarising banking-sector performance for January–June 2025, the chair of the National Bank of Tajikistan, Фирдавс Толибзода (Firdavs Tolibzoda), told journalists that the total volume of loans issued reached 13.7 billion somoni — 3.1 billion somoni or 28.9% higher than the same period of 2024. The article reports the sectoral breakdown of loans issued during the period: 49.8% to consumer sectors, 15.1% to foreign trade, 12.6% to agriculture, 9.3% to industry, 6.4% to services, 3.6% to construction, and 3.2% to other sectors. The article reports that 27.7% of total loans went to productive entrepreneurship, amounting to 3.8 billion somoni. It further reports that 10.2 billion somoni in small loans were issued during the reporting period, 29.0% more than in the same period of 2024. The article reports the weighted average interest rates for January–June 2025: 22.4% in national currency (somoni) and 11.8% in foreign currency. The article reports the National Bank’s framing that credit financing is one of the main instruments for ensuring sustainable economic development, expanding domestic production, strengthening export capacity and creating new jobs. Sources cited: National Bank of Tajikistan press conference, chair Firdavs Tolibzoda.