00:04Across its 31 Special Economic Zones, tax exemptions and simplified customs rules are changing the way for investment and cross
00:13-border trade are carried out in Uzbekistan.
00:16This is Business Line Uzbekistan. Hello and welcome!
00:20Across the country, Special Economic Zones are being used to support industry, attract investment and expand trade.
00:28Uzbekistan currently has 31 Special Economic Zones, along with 423 small industrial zones, 32 technoparks and 381 industrial clusters.
00:41Together, they host more than 8,000 enterprises. From January to September 2025, industrial output in these zones reached 3
00:51.12 billion euros.
00:53Investors are offered a range of incentives, including exemptions from corporate income tax, land and property taxes, as well as
01:02customs due to exemptions on imported equipment and raw materials for up to two years.
01:08Let's take a closer look at how the system works in practice.
01:12In Surkhandarya, near the border with Afghanistan, the Ayrutom Trade Zone becomes active early in the morning, traders arrive with
01:21goods, buyers move between stalls and business is conducted across several languages in a single marketplace.
01:28In Surkhandarya, near the border, the Ayrutom Trade Zone will be able to sell 255 million companies.
01:39Afghan citizens can enter the zone with a fray for up to 15 days.
01:44The trade area also operates without VAT, helping reduce costs for businesses and traders.
02:03In the way, projects worth around 2.2 billion euros are operating under a simplified customs regime.
02:10We are integrated into national transport corridors, linking roads, rail and air routes.
02:29We propose a connection between auto, aviation and electric roads, including the corridor through Thermes.
02:38Today, we have an integration with the free economic zone of Navai and the commercial zone of Navai.
02:45From Navai to the Tashkent region, special economic zones are expanding to attract investment and develop industry.
02:52The Tashkent region's special economic zone hosts dozens of foreign enterprises,
02:58with new investment continuing to grow.
03:01We have been UR1 billion dollars, including a big investment in Canada and 70 countries.
03:18For investors already operating in the country, the focus is often on expansion and long-term growth.
03:36We choose Uzbekistan for the sake of more ways, especially for export from over here to other countries.
03:41Uzbekistan continues to expand its network of special economic zones across industry, manufacturing and cross-border trade.
03:50Joining us now is Mr. Sokhob Saith Nazarov, head of the department at the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade.
03:58Mr. Saith Nazarov, how is the government responding to growing demand for industrial side and special economic zones?
04:04In first of all, we need to note that every year the investment, the international investment in the Republic,
04:12are large enough. This is 20-25% every year.
04:15And, of course, it requires площадей and infrastructure for the construction of the products.
04:22On today's day, we have more than 150 million dollars every year on the development of infrastructure.
04:29We see that the demand and the interest of investors to these zones is growing.
04:34So, we have a lot of attention to green energy.
04:37Also, the transition to the new stage is the transition to attract private companies to control these zones.
04:43We are waiting for investors in our free economic zones.
04:46Thank you for joining.
04:48Well, that's all we have time for this edition.
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