Uzbekistan plans to implement 1,600 projects within localization programme

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov approved a programme with his resolution “On programme of localization of ready products, spare parts and materials for 2014-2016” on 4 February 2014.

The resolution was adopted for further deepening localization of ready products and spare parts on the base of local materials, expanding inter-industrial cooperation, interaction between small businesses and large enterprises, creation of new jobs, etc.

The localization programme includes about 1,600 projects, of which are 790 are active projects.

About 70% of products, which will be produced within the localization programme, will fall to share of automobile, oil and gas, chemistry, electrotechnical, agriculture machinery. The estimated volume of import-replacement within the programme will make up US$15.2 billion.