The presidential decree “On additional measures for the intensification and expansion of activities of free economic zones” dated October 26, 2016 serves as an important guide to action in creating a more favorable investment climate, expanding privileges and preferences. A single legal regime for free economic zones, unification of tax and customs privileges and preferences,…
Comprehensive measures to further improve the business environment, to ensure reliable protection of small business and private entrepreneurship, to remove the barriers for their comprehensive support and accelerated development contributed to the creation of some 31 thousand new small businesses in 2016, according to SSC information service. As a result, the number of small businesses…
The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoev had marked the main task of 2017 during his speech at the Cabinet of Ministers’ expanded session. “We have to ensure the export of products in the amount of $10.8 billion”, said the head of state and defined the tasks needed to be solved. The first task – within…
On January 18-22, Spain will host the 37th International Tourism Fair FITUR-2017. This is the first and major tourism event of 2017. Last year some 9,500 organizations, firms and associations of the tourism industry from 165 countries attended the fair. 125 thousand specialists and 97 thousand visitors took part in it. This year the national…
Austrian Eriell GmbH has acquired controlling stake of Sarbon-Neftegaz JSC, the transportation division of Uzbekneftegaz National Holding Company, Tashkent Republican Stock Exchange said in a message. The Austrian company acquired 561,930 shares at $6.04 per share. A package of shares was purchased at $3.394 million from Uzgeoburneftegaz – subsidiary of the holding, Uzbekneftegaz said. Sarbon-Neftegaz…
Real GDP growth of Uzbekistan will amount to 7.4% in 2017, according to the January 2017 Global Economic Prospects report of the World Bank (WB) published on its website. The WB expects that Uzbekistan will keep economic growth at 7.4% also in 2018 and in 2019 given stabilization of commodity prices. In June last year…
Uzbek government takes steps to expand fruit and vegetable exports and find new markets, as part of its priority objectives. In 2016 the government passed over ten legislative acts to expand fruit and vegetable exports and support exporters. The September 19, 2016 Resolution, which lowered the rate of currency revenue sale rate from 50% to…