Saturday, 21, September, 2024

Business

Royal Crown Cola International has officially launched in Uzbekistan. RCCI’s new, exclusive bottler and distributor in the country is Family Group.

JSC UzQurilishMateriallari (transl. Uz Building Materials) announced that it more than doubled the exports of building materials in the half-year to the previous year, reaching $46.9 million.

One of the free economic zones in Uzbekistan will  host an Uzbek-Chinese JV for manufacturing of children's toys. The partner from China will be Shandong Sanhe Toy, the Committee for Investments said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, by his July 28 decree, appointed Dilmurod Kasimov (former first deputy prosecutor of Samarkand province) as the Commissioner for the Protection of Rights and Legal Interests of Entrepreneurs (Business Ombudsman) under the President.

The Government of Uzbekistan plans to reduce the number of taxes for doing business, Deputy Minister of Economy Shukhrat Ismailov said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev familiarized himself with agriculture projects in Tashkent province Saturday. An agrologistical center, set up by LLC Greenfoodtrade, will carry out storage, processing and exports of agricultural products. The project, which will achieve full capacity in Q3 of 2018, will increase exports from Uzbekistan, ensure uninterrupted supply of agricultural products to the domestic market, rational use of land, create new jobs.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is visiting the city of Angren today. President familiarized himself with the progress of conveyor belts and agricultural and car tires manufacturing plant project in Angren free economic zone.

UzTrade and the delegation of Afghanistan discussed in Tashkent today the organizational issues of opening an Uzbek-Afghan trading house in Mazar-i-Sharif.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan issued a resolution to create a small industrial zone (SIZ) at JSC Oniks in Tashkent’s Almazar district.

Symbolic capsule is casted into the foundation of Uzbekistan Peugeot Citroen Automotive Plant (UzPCA LLC), a new production plant in Jizzakh free economic zone, took place on Thursday, UzAvtoSanoat said in a statement.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Mindonobod Agrosanoat agro firm in Ferghana province, familiarized himself with the ongoing agriculture projects in the province.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev issued a decree on June 19 creating a new mechanism of legal protection and representation of interests and rights of business entities through fundamental review of the main tasks and activities of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI).

On instruction by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, an Uzbekistan delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Ulugbek Rozikulov will arrive in Dushanbe next week.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev familiarized himself with the project of a technopark, which is being created at fromer Signal plant in the Uchtepa district.

The Swiss Tanotrade AG will build a plant for manufacture of electrical products - NukusElectroApparat in Nukus. The total cost of the project, due to be completed in the end of August this year, is $ 8 million. The Swiss company will invest about 80% and the local partner, ToshElectroApparat - 20%.

A mission of MEDEF International, made up of about 30 business executives of companies, visited Tashkent from 31 May to 2 June 2017, and the mission concluded with concrete and positive results.

Highlighting an increase in coffee consumption across Central Asia and the South Caucasus, Russian coffee shop brand Shokoladnitsa said that it was working on a deal to open its first cafes in Uzbekistan and Georgia.

President Mirziyoyev signed resolution on May 26 converting JSC UzTadbirkorExport (Uz Entrepreneur Export) into a specialized foreign trade company, UzTrade.

A MEDEF International delegation including 27 business executives of French companies will visit Tashkent from 31 May to 2 June 2017. The mission is led by Mr. Christophe FONTAINE, Director General of "Identité” and a member of the Executive Committee of Oberthur Technologies and head of the Uzbekistan-France Business Council of MEDEF International.

On May 29, a delegation of the European Investment Bank led by Vice-President Vasil Hudak arrived in Tashkent, a statement of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.