Uzbekistan is planning to design a specialized state program to launch the domestic production of at least 100 new branded household chemical products. The initiative was announced by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev during a chemical industry development government meeting Tuesday.
According to government estimates, Uzbekistan currently imports roughly $300 million worth of household chemicals annually, while the broader regional market for these products is valued at $2 billion.
To illustrate the potential for growth, officials highlighted a local business owner in the "Angren" Free Economic Zone who successfully established a partnership with the world-renowned German conglomerate Henkel. Henkel has since acquired the local enterprise and is actively structuring it into a strategic production hub to export consumer goods across the CIS region.
To replicate this success, the government will allocate designated land parcels within one of Tashkent's premier industrial zones exclusively for household chemical manufacturing.
Furthermore, the state will deploy $50 million to fund and develop new manufacturing facilities. Under a unique exit strategy, these fully functional factories will eventually be auctioned off to the private sector as turnkey, revenue-generating businesses complete with established brand identities.
An additional $15 million will be mobilized from the Industrial Cooperation Fund to finance parallel initiatives across other provinces. In total, relevant officials have been instructed to deliver a comprehensive roadmap to successfully introduce no fewer than 100 competitive branded lines to the household chemical market.
The high-level briefing also evaluated future growth vectors for the mineral fertilizer sector. Market intelligence indicates that global demand for fertilizers is expanding at a steady annual rate of 5% and is projected to eclipse $260 billion by 2030. The rapid adoption of modern agrotechnologies has triggered an exceptionally sharp spike in the consumption of specialized water-soluble fertilizers.
Following successful negotiations with international backers, agreements have been finalized to execute a $114 million facility in the Kashkadarya province with an annual capacity of 230,000 tons, alongside a separate $400 million megaproject in the Sirdaryo province.
Over the next three years, industrial policymakers and provincial governors are tasked with launching a total of 42 targeted projects valued at $2.8 billion. By 2030, this coordinated investment push is scheduled to scale up domestic nitrogen fertilizer production from 2.8 million to 4 million tons, boost phosphorus fertilizer output from 400,000 to 900,000 tons, and quadruple water-soluble fertilizer manufacturing from 100,000 to 400,000 tons.
President Mirziyoyev previously underscored the urgency of these expansions, noting that domestic chemical production fails to satisfy even 60% of local industrial demand, forcing the country to absorb a massive $4.5 billion annual import bill. To close this gap, the president has ordered the immediate rollout of 10 fine-chemical projects valued at $1 billion adjacent to the Navoiyazot complex, alongside a pipeline of initiatives focused on the advanced processing of domestic mineral raw materials.
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