Decree of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on Organisation of Republican Cotton Stock Exchange (No. 59 of 1997). Country/Territory Tajikistan Document type Regulation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Agricultural commodities Prohibited crops Internal trade Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract The management of the cotton cleaning industry of the Government shall prepare the establishment of a cotton stock exchange. The exchange shall have as purpose to facilitate the marketing of cotton and to assist cotton producers to do so. Various undertakings, irrespective of who owns them, may become members of the Exchange. This Decree contains also some rules regarding internal and external trading. These rules concern prices, marketing standards and trading mechanisms. Full text English