Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 11 September 2020, the Government Commission on the Development of Export and Investment under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov and as part of the heads of ministries, departments, industry associations, commercial banks and local authorities summed up the results of work on a comprehensive study of the potential of the Samarkand region and the identification of additional reserves for enhancing industrial and investment activities in the region.

From 8 to 11 September, members of the Commission analyzed the current state of 6,259 industrial facilities in an on-site format, as a result of which 509 were identified that were not commissioned, reduced production volumes or tax revenues to the budget, were not operating at full capacity or completely stopped production activities.

As a result of the implementation of a set of practical measures developed during the work of the Government Commission, the volume of industrial production in the Samarkand region by the end of this year will be increased by 2.2 trillion soums and an additional 10.8 thousand jobs will be created.

At the same time, the volume of tax deductions from industrial enterprises at the end of this year will amount to 825 billion soums, which will amount to 149.3% of the approved forecast indicators.