Commercial banks issued loans for over 9 trillion soums to small business and private entrepreneurship, which rose by 1.3 times year-on-year, Uzbek leader said.

He underlined that the volume of issued microloans made up about 2 trillion soums in 2014, which grew by 39% year-on-year.

President Islam Karimov said that in last five years, the volume of crediting of small businesses increased almost five times.