Tajikistan Satellite News Agency reported in Dushanbe，on January 30, 2023, Tajik Agriculture Minister Gulban Hakimzoda announced at a press conference that Tajik President Rakhmon instructed the authorities to ban Onions, carrots and potatoes are exported until the market situation stabilizes.

Gurban Hakimzoda said that due to onion shortages and price increases in other countries in Central Asia, Tajikistan needs to strengthen onion inventory management; Tajikistan’s newly harvested onions will be on the market in early April.