Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Oct. 31
By Diana Aliyeva– Trend:
Around 4,000 privatized and inactive enterprises were revealed as a result of the inventory conducted by the Uzbek interdepartmental commissions.
Meanwhile, investment projects were worked out for 2,701 of those enterprises.
The investments worth 2,572.7 trillion soums are planned to be made to implement those investment projects in 2017-2018.
According to the monitoring, as of October 1, 2017, investments worth 490.4 billion soums were made into the country’s economy, 4,538 new jobs were created. Commercial banks financed 86 investment projects.
Such data have been disclosed during the round table on the further diversification of the Uzbek economy organized by the country’s Committee on Budget and Economic Reforms of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis and the State Committee for Assistance to Privatized Enterprises and Development of Competition.
During the event, the participants expressed their proposals to strengthen the competitiveness of the country's economy.
The official exchange rate for Oct. 31 is 8.065 UZS/USD.