Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Within the framework of the international economic forum “Russia-Islamic World KAZANFORUM”, which takes place in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan Kazan, the delegation of the Uzcharmsanoat association achieved success in establishing new cooperative ties in the leather industry and increasing export volumes.

In particular, during the forum, the association’s delegation held a dialogue with the Turkish company “Dream House Caravan” on the issues of exporting children’s bags. At the meeting, the Turkish side expressed interest in leather goods produced by enterprises in our country, in particular for school bags for schoolchildren. To do this, the Turkish company plans to purchase this type of product in Uzbekistan.

The prospects for cooperation in the field of hide processing were discussed at negotiations with the AGROPROMTEX technology park of the Chuvash Republic. The Russian company has expressed interest in creating a processing plant using the experience of Uzbekistan. The conditions for joint export of finished leather products to third countries were also discussed. The second round of dialogues on this cooperation will take place in Tashkent.

At the international economic forum “Russia-Islamic World: KAZANFORUM”, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Uzcharmsanoat Association and the administration of the Batyrevsky urban district of the Russian Federation in order to implement joint projects for the processing of raw hides. This agreement provides for joint work to create new production facilities for processing leather raw materials in the Batyrevsky district.

The projects will be aimed at developing the leather industry in the Batyrevsky Industrial Park.