Tuesday, 10, December, 2024

Business

On January 21, the Tashkent city mayor, Jahongir Ortiqhojaev hosted the regional representative of Alshaya Group, Nenji Menhotra.

Investors from the United States and China will build a plant for the production of packaged water, juices and dairy products in Samarkand province.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov hosted the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain (stationed in Moscow), Fernando Valderrama Pareja Tuesday.

The Uzbekistan-Italy business forum was held in Tashkent on November 22, as part of a visit by an Italian delegation led by the governor of the Lombardy region.

National Reserve Corporation (NRC) belonging to the Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev plans to create up an agri-food complex in Jizzakh province in 2021, the Government’s draft resolution said.

On November 15 , the Minister of Innovation Development, Ibrohim Abdurakhmonov hosted the Director General of the National Center for the Integrated Processing of Mineral Resources of Kazakhstanm Abdurasul Zharmenov. In the meeting were alos present the international consultant of the Ministry of Innovative Development, Yerbol Suleimenov, heads of department and divisions, the ministry said.

On November 13, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree creating the Foreign Investors Council under the President.

Iranian Zagros Airlines has obtained authorization to fly to Uzbekistan on Monday, the Civil Aviation Agency of Uzbekistan said.

The construction of an Uzbek-Chinese pharmaceutical plant, which will specialize in the synthesis of medicinal substances, has commenced in the Navoi Free Economic Zone.

Majid Al Futtaim will open its first Carrefour stores in Uzbekistan, marking the first entry of an international grocery retailer into the Central Asian country.

Uzbekistan undertook four business climate reforms in the past year and earned a spot among the world’s top twenty most improved economies for ease of doing business, the World Bank Group’s Doing Business 2020 study says.

US$ 302.6 million worth of 24 deals were signed at the Kashkadarya Investment Forum, which was held on September 27–28 in Shakhrisabz.

The fourth meeting of the Uzbek-Russian Business Council, held on Tuesday in Tashkent, had its own special status and agenda.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Shaffof Omadli Sanoat private enterprise in the Kokand Free Economic Zone (FEZ), where, among other projects, he got acquainted with the electric cars manufacturing project, the presidential press service said.

Samsung brand refrigerators will be manufactured on the territory of the Tashkent tech-park, Uzeltehsanoat (Uz Electrical Technical Industry) said.

Uzbekistan Airways will start operating once-a-week direct Tashkent-Kyiv charter flights as of October 5, 2019, with regular flights to be launched only next year, the First Deputy Investments Minister, the former Uzbekistan Ambassador to Ukraine Alisher Abdualiev said.

The Italian-American Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is considering launching three models in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan 24 channel reported citing the FCA vice president, Youssef Hadjas.

For the first time, JPMorgan Chase Bank and Asaka Bank signed a 36.4 million euros export credit line agreement in Moscow on August 8. The loan shall be re-paid within 7 years through the insurance coverage by the Chinese export credit agency Sinosure.

The initial price of the government’s share in the Uzbekistan Hotel put up for sale was cut by 10% due to lack of bids, the State Assets Management Agency said.

The German GP Günter Papenburg AG and the Uzbek state-owned unitary enterprise Transyulqurilish (owning 70% and 30% of the shares respectively) signed agreement for a joint venture, Papenburg Uzbekistan, for manufacturing of asphalt-concrete mixtures, ready-made concrete products, and performing construction and installation works, with the total authorized capital of 5.7 million euros, the draft government decree said.