SEF Tajero Choc

completed

Tajero Group of companies (“Tajero” or the “Company”), established in the city of Dushanbe, the capital of the Republic of Tajikistan in 2002, is the leading nation-wide importer and distributor of food (milk products, pasta, chocolate, etc.) and beverages (tea) with exclusive contracts from leading foreign Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies. The Company also distributes frozen poultry products and raw meat for the sausage production including its own sausage production plant lanched recently. Tajero’s distribution network covers the majority of stores in Dushanbe and Sogdiiskaya province of the northern Tajikistan through its central office in the city of Dushanbe and a subsidiary in the town of Khojand. The Company services its clients from a 2,000 sq.m. modern refrigerated warehouses; 1,500 sq.m. dry warehouses in Dushanbe as well as refrigerated and dry warehouses located in Khojand (Northern Tajikistan); total vehicle fleet consisted of 43 small size lorries to serve in the city and suburb. Tajero approached IFC to support its investment in a new production of chocolates with or without filling and bar chocolate. The project will support the national producer oriented on tradition-based expectations of customers including quality, chocolate recipes and wrapping design.