Economy

Uzbek plant boosting uranium production, says paper

The Navoiy Mining and Metallurgical Combine, the largest gold producer in central Uzbekistan, is boosting uranium production, the Uzbek Pravda Vostoka newspaper reported on 5 September.

EurAsEC presidents to sign 5 Customs Union docs in Oct

The presidents of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) member-states will sign in Dushanbe in early October five out of 23 documents to form the Customs Union, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Naryshkin told a meeting of the EurAsEC integration committee on Wednesday.

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Representatives of the agricultural sector of Uzbekistan are on a visit to the United States

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Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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Turkmenistan hosts international conference of landlocked developing countries

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Uzbek report praises industrial sector of capital region

Industrial enterprises in a number of districts in Tashkent Region of Uzbekistan are doing well, an analytical report published in the Uzbek newspaper Pravda Vostoka on 4 September said.

EurAsEC panel to discuss Customs Union legal basis

There are more than 20 items on the agenda of the 37th session of the Integration Committee of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) that is to be held in Moscow on Wednesday.

MASkargo to set up freight hub in Tashkent

Malaysia Airlines’ (MAS) air freight unit, Malaysia Airlines Cargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo), is establishing a freight hub in Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital, this month to tap the fast-growing cargo business in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Business Times reported.

Cotton production & mill use in Asia projected

Production in Asia is expected to continue to increase in 2007/08 to a record of 14.9 million tonnes, which would represent 59% of world production, International Cotton Advisory Committee said.

Number of registered legal entities in Uzbekistan reached 461,200 as of 1 July 2007

The number of registered legal entities in all sectors of the economy reached 461,200 as of 1 July 2007, of them 423,000 (91.7%) were in operation, according to the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan, according to the data of the State Business Register.

Small businesses contribute 38.1% of country’s GDP in 1H 2007

The number of registered small business entities reached 415,000 as of 1 July, 2007. In the first half of 2007 small business entities contributed 38.1% of the GDP (up from 34.1% in January-June 2006), of which 7.7 % belong to small enterprises, 13.3% - to microfirms and 17.1% - to individual entrepreneurs.

281 enterprises privatized in Uzbekistan in Jan-Jun 2007

Within the frame of the State Privatization Programme, 281 enterprises and projects were privatized in January-June 2007, according to the data of the State Property Committee.

Foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan grows by 26.3% year-on-year in 1H 2007

In January-June 2007, the foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan amounted to US$6.6 billion or 126.3% of the result for January-June 2006. Of this exports comprised US$4.129 billion and imports - US$2.47 billion (up 39% and 9.5% respectively).

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