Ambassador Imomuddin Sattorov: “Recently, I visited Ivanovskaya province. During Soviet times we actively cooperated with this province and we intend to dynamically strengthen cooperation. We are ready to welcome Russian investors to help revive traditional connections, request Russian investment to finance the sector development, and participate in cotton planting. We, the government, the politicians, from our side, will make efforts to create a suitable investment climate to support development”.

Tajik textile and clothing companies presented at the Tajikistan/Kyrgyzstan – Russia Business Forum, held in Moscow on 16 February 2016. This special business forum brought key players from the textile and clothing sectors from Russia, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan together to discuss possible cooperation, as well as to present Tajik and Kyrgyz companies’ products and services.

More than 100 professionals from big producing companies, factories, wholesale, retail, trade networks, academia and media from CIS countries participated at the forum.

The Forum was opened by His Excellency Imomuddin Sattorov, Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Russian Federation. He stated that the textile sector needs to increase its exports from Tajikistan and play a more visible role in boosting the country’s economy creating more revenue and providing more jobs.

At the business forum the advantages of the partnership with the Tajik and Kyrgyz companies were highlighted for

potential Russian buyers. The benefits range from absence of customs barriers to common language and common business culture, shared industrial history and experience of long-term relationships between private and public structures, as well as more affordable prices.

The ITC team presented its efforts to bring the Tajik and Kyrgyz textile sector to the international market. Heads of textile and clothing companies from the region had the opportunity to present their companies to potential Russian partners.

The forum was organized by the International Trade Center’s project financed by the Government of Switzerland in cooperation with the CJSC “Textilexpo” and “RIA Moda” information agency.

In this issue:

Presentation of the Tajik textile sector to the Russian market Tajik companies strengthen their Russian market presence Training on the creation of commercial collection of clothes Online press conference for the Russia media Meet the new online platform: The Central Asia Textile Tajik companies at the International Istanbul Yarn Fair Tajikistan's artisans in Europe

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For the sixth consecutive year the International Trade Centre organized companies from Tajikistan to participate in “Textillegprom”, the largest specialized industry event in the Russian Federation, which was held on 16 to 19 February in Moscow.

“Textillegprom”, also called the Federal Trade Fair for Textile and Light Industry Goods and Equipment, is held twice a year and serves as a meeting place for around 2,000 trade and industrial companies. More than 37,000 wholesale buyers and industry experts visit the fair, where over 2,500 companies showcase their innovative products.

Textillegprom attracts exhibitors and buyers from all Russian regions, giving a complete picture of the Russian market. Russia remains an attractive market to retailers, manufacturers and exporters worldwide who seek markets with high growth potential. The textile and apparel market in Russia has an approximate value of $37 to $40 billion, with about $25 billion in apparel alone.

In general, Tajik T&C companies’ participation in the Business Forum

and Textillegprom trade fair was very beneficial for all that participated. All participants established new business contacts, expanded their potential buyers’ portfolio, learnt about new equipment, technologies and new trends in the industry, collected useful information about the market, competitors, etc.

Tajik companies at

“Textillegprom-

2016”:

“HIMA Textile”;

“Nafisa”;

“Nassoji Khujand”;

“Nohid”;

“Olim Textile”;

“Ortex”;

“Rahimov A.A.”;

“Vahdat Textile”.

Results:

Booth Visitors: 500

New Business Contacts: 190

Preliminary Agreement Value: $2,156,500

Actual contract signed: $500,000

Shuhrat Kholikov, “Nafisa”: “Thanks to

participation at this fair, we learnt

about new technological equipment for

producing socks and gained new insight

into new and modern designs of socks

and tights. We plan to update the

assortment of our sock products and

consider decreasing the price and

improve the quality of production”.

Armen Zargaryan, ITC’s Programme Coordinator for the Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia:

“The fair is a good opportunity for Tajik exporters to research and better understand Russian market

requirements by interacting with exhibitors and potential buyers from all regions of the Russian

Federation”.

Nasim Karimov, “Nassoji Khujand”:

“As always, it was a great and

fruitful fair for our company. We

were able to make preliminary

agreements for more than two

million dollars, and signed a contract

for half a million dollars with a

Russian company”.

Abdumannon Oripov, “Ortex”:

“The fair gave us the chance to learn

more about new technological

equipment for garment production, as

well as new models of jeans and shirts.

We plan to use the internet to keep

updated on new models for upcoming

seasons and we’ll check color trends to

implement in our products”.

While the Tajik companies were in Moscow they also attended a special two-day training course on the algorithms of creating commercial collections of clothes.

The course was given by a well-known Russian consulting company, Fashion Consulting Group, and aimed to improve the participant’s knowledge on the successful tools and technologies for creating new brands and collections.

The seminar demonstrated successful technologies and tools for creating clothing collections and the systemization of creation from conception to realisation. Participants learned the key components of the effective clothing

collections, their structure and division into different groups for further classification, trending strategies in different seasons etc.

A special online press-conference devoted to the Tajikistan/Kyrgyzstan – Russia Business Forum and the Textillegprom fair was organized on February 10. Tajikistan was represented by Abdulo Muhammadiev, Deputy Chairman of the Light Industry Association of Tajikistan, Faizali Rajabov, Chairman of the the Union of Private Sector Development in Tajikistan, and Nabijon Hasanov, Director of “Rahimov A.A.” company.

Tajik and Kyrgyz clothing producers’ products and services, governmental support for entrepreneurship in these countries, the ITC role in the promotion of Tajik and Kyrgyz producers in the Eurasian Union’s markets were the main topics, which attracted the attention of the Russian journalists.

As part of preparations for the business forum and Textillegprom fair in Moscow, a special website, Central Asia Textile, was created to serve as a platform to introduce Tajik and Kyrgyz textile and clothing companies the Russian target market.

The website contained relevant information on the Tajik and Kyrgyz textile sector, profiled the companies participating in the Moscow events, and showcased the companies’ products and services.

Five Tajik spinning companies: “HIMA-Textile”, “Olim Textile”, “Resandai Tojikiston RBT”, “Tenta-Kulyab” and “Vahdat Textile” continued the tradition of Tajik participation at the annual International Istanbul Yarn Fair, held on 4 to 6 February 2016. The International Istanbul Yarn Fair acts as a meeting point for more than 40,000 visitors and more than 200 creative and innovative exhibitors from around 70 countries. The exhibition displays cotton yarn, textile machinery, fabrics, animal yarn, textile pigment, clothing, textile products, fibres, yarns & threads and much more.

The fair was an excellent opportunity for Tajik spinning companies to show and promote their products to a wide range of buyers from numerous countries.

It gave the Tajik companies an opportunity to meet leading textile producers from Turkey and other countries, empower their brands in the regional market, establish contacts with the manufacturers, suppliers, importers, traders, and non-governmental organizations of the industry, become acquainted with the trends, demands and expectations of the market, as well as to explore new products and innovations.

Bahrom Mamadjanov, Finance Director of “Resandai Tojikiston RBT”: “We would like to thank ITC for organizing our participation at the Istanbul Fair. Participation at this fair was fruitful and successful for our young company. More than

100 potential buyers and traders visited our stand. We signed five agreements”.

Shahlo Abidjanova, Sales Manager of “Olim Textile”: “Participation at this fair was very useful and beneficial for us. The fair gave us a good opportunity to establish direct business links and partnerships with potential clients and to diversify

our orders. We also gained a lot of useful information about modern equipment and machinery”.

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Tajik handicrafts were exhibited at the leading international trade fair for consumer goods – Ambiente, held in Frankfurt, Germany from 12 to 16 February, 2016.

The number of Ambiente participants from Tajikistan increased from two last year to four this year. The Tajikistan Union of Crafts, the handicraft arm of Zarafshan Valley Tourist Association “Armughon”, as well as “Rukhom” and “Jahonnek” companies were supported by the International Trade Centre (ITC) to represent Tajikistan in this globally popular consumer goods trade fair.

With over 4,700 exhibitors from about 90 countries, Ambiente is an annual meeting place for on average 145,000 trade visitors from 160 countries. The Tajik delegation presented century-old craftsmanship combined with contemporary design, embroidery inspired by ethnic ornaments, yak leather bags and leather fashion accessories, semi-precious stone jewellery, wooden combs and barrettes, hand-knitted

wool products, and other artisanal products.

Malikshoh Nematov, High Excelency Ambassador of Tajikistan to Germany:

“We are proud that Tajikistan has showcased our handmade products at the Frankfurt fair for the last two years with its own booth. Our prominent companies, such as “Rukhom”, which has been actively promoting the sector for years, are participated in the fair with the support of the governments of Tajikistan and

Switzerland. There has been high interest in our national handicrafts”.

Johan Janse van Rensburg, General Director of “Jahonnek”:

“Our company was privileged to be selected to participate in ITC’s handicrafts program.

Jahonnek received order enquiries for the export of bags designed in goat leather, yak rugs and

handwoven wool carpets”.

Mufarah Muhabatov, General Director of “Rukhom”: “The fair provided us with an opportunity to find new partners and markets, to explore new modern trends

in the world of handicrafts, as well as to show the unique eastern beauty of Tajik handicrafts to potential clients. We would like to express our gratitude to ITC for this chance to take national craftsmanship to the

European market”.

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feedback from the Tajik delegation at the Ambiente trade fair