Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Jan. 31
By Mamed Dashdemirov – Trend:
The total portfolio of leasing operations increased by 3.6 percent and amounted to 2.7 trillion soums in Uzbekistan, the Uzbekistan Lessors Association told Trend.
In 2017, 46 companies, including 15 commercial banks, operated in the leasing services market of Uzbekistan.
In total, those companies concluded almost 7,700 new leasing deals worth 1.5 trillion soums in 2017 as compared to 5,500 deals worth 973 trillion soums in 2016.
O'zagro Leasing (475.1 billion soums), Uzbek Leasing International (95.8 billion soums), O'zavtosanoat Leasing (86.4 billion soums), Nano Leasing (45 billion soums), and China Leasing Group (24.1 billion soums) companies were among big participants of the leasing services market in the period.
Meanwhile, Asaka Bank (189.8 billion soums), Kapital Bank (158 billion soums), Ipoteka Bank (63.7 billion soums), KDB Tashkent (62.9 billion soums), Trust Bank (43 billion soums) were among big market participants in the period.
(1 USD = 8,175.77 UZS on Jan. 31)