Baku, Azerbaijan, May 27
By Fakhri Vakilov – Trend:
As follows from the resolution of the President of Uzbekistan dated May 23, manufacturers of cement, burnt bricks, and a workshop for the production of hydrated lime will be gradually converted to coal and other types of fuel alternatives, Trend reports via Uzbek media.
Earlier, Trend reported that the forecast parameters for expanding the raw material base of the construction industry provided for an increase of the raw material base of the construction industry based on geological exploration, extraction and processing of limestone by 13.1 million tons, gypsum stone - 1.8 million tons, clay components, brick raw materials and quartz sand - 1 million tons, igneous rocks (basalt) - 0.1 million tons, sand and gravel materials - 5.6 million cubic meters.
It is expected that the production of wallpaper will grow by more than 47 times, parquet panels and slabs - 19 times, chipboard and similar boards made of wood and other lignified materials - 15 times, aerated concrete blocks - 7 times, paints and varnishes and glass architectural construction of energy and heat-saving float technology - 4 times, composite reinforcement of basalt - 3 times and cement - 2 times.
In 2019–2021, it is expected to attract and use long-term preferential credit lines from international financial institutions and foreign banks in the amount of at least $500 million to co-finance projects in the building materials industry.
State Statistics Committee notes that, in January-April 2019 alone, the volume of imports of construction materials amounted to $404.3 million and increased by 16.5 percent compared to the same period in 2018.
The share of imports of building materials in the total volume reached 5.5 percent. The structure of imports of building materials is dominated by wood and wood products (48.7 percent), cement (13 percent), glass and wood products (4.7 percent), and asbestos (2.5 percent).
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