Saturday, 20, April, 2024

Business

On August 24, the President of Uzbekistan signed the Improving administration of value added tax Decree. The Decree was adopted to help "bona fide taxpayers to perform their tax obligations." It takes into account the proposals voiced in the framework of the President's open dialogue with business leaders on August 20.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting with business executives, and announced a number of innovations aimed at easing doing business in Uzbekistan.

Trade and economic ties between Tashkent and Kabul, despite the aggravation of the situation in Afghanistan caused by the change of power in the country, should soon be restored, said on Tuesday the director of Termez Cargo Center, the largest logistics terminal in southern Uzbekistan, Nodirbek Jalilov.

According to the State Statistics Committee, as of August 1, 2021, the number of foreign-invested enterprises registered in Uzbekistan topped 13.5 thousand, of which 12.9 thousand are operating.

The Hyatt Regency Tashkent hotel hosted a press conference on the occasion of the launch of the project on digitalization of small and medium-sized businesses, as well as on the export of their products in the Middle East and CIS regions using the capabilities of the Zoodmall online shopping platform.

The annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB) will be held in Tashkent on September 3-4.

An online auction trade ended on the E-AUKSION platform for a location to install a fixed radar at the intersection of Hamid Olimjon and Abdulla Qodiri streets in the Tashkent’s Mirabad district. The trade had been going on since the end of July.

The American business and employment-oriented online service LinkedIn was registered by the Uzbek tax authorities, the Tax Committee said.

The State-Owned Assets Management Agency reached a sale agreement of the government’s 57.118% stake in Coca-Cola Bottlers Uzbekistan (CCBU) to the Coca-Cola İçecek A. Ş group of companies. (CCI, Turkey) through its subsidiary CCI International Holland B. V. for a total of USD 252.28 million, announced today the press service of the agency.

Uzbekneftegaz is working to add the company's shares in the exchange quotation list of the Toshkent Stock Exchange, the company said in a statement.

There’s an old Chinese proverb that goes like this: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

An open dialogue is scheduled to be held between the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and business executives in the coming days.

Fitch Ratings assigns Artel Electronics LLC a first-time rating of ‘B’/Stable Outlook. On Monday, Artel Electronics LLC (“Artel”), Central Asia’s leading home appliance and electronics manufacturer and one of Uzbekistan’s largest companies, has received a first-time Fitch rating of ‘B’ with a stable outlook. Artel therefore becomes the first private manufacturing company in Uzbekistan to be assigned a rating from one of the “big three” international rating agencies.

On July 12, Tashkent hosted a ceremony of signing project agreements with Masdar (UAE) for two photovoltaic power plants to be built in Samarkand and Jizzakh provinces, the Ministry of Energy said.

Uzexpocentre has successfully opened its doors to AgroExpo Uzbekistan/Agrotech Expo – the leading international exhibition for agricultural machinery, plant production and animal husbandry in Uzbekistan. AgroExpo Uzbekistan/Agrotech Expo took place from 28 to 30 of June in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The event was organized by JSC NEC “Uzexpocentre” and IFWexpo Heidelberg GmbH, Germany.

A fruit and vegetable caravan will depart from Uzbekistan for Kazakhstan. With such outcomes culminated the working trip of the Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan Bakhyt Sultanov, Forbes Kazakhstan said.

On June 28, an Uzbek-Turkish business forum was held in the capital. The event was attended by the Deputy PM/ Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade S. Umurzakov, the Vice President of Turkey F. Oktay, the Chair of the Council for Foreign Economic Relations (DEIC) N. Olpak and other representatives of ministries, departments and agencies.

On June 23, the Innovation Minister held talks with officials of the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Xinjiang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

AvtoVAZ’s presence in the Uzbek market is quite limited due to UzAuto Motors, the company said. AvtoVAZ will launch assembly of Lada and Renault car components in Uzbekistan within 12 months, the company president Nicolas Maure said.

The next congress of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry On took place on June 16. The congress was attended by the Minister of Justice Ruslanbek Davletov, who spoke about the Business Code, about the analysis of problems in the business-related regulations, and their solution.