OREANDA-NEWS. January 27, 2009. National Bank of Uzbekistan for Foreign Economic Activity (NBU) issued credits for 275.1 billion soums in 2008, the press release of the bank said.

The bank allocated 2.4 billion soums of micro credits due to Soft Crediting Fund in the reporting period. The bank earmarked 3.3 billion soums to small businesses due to off-budget funds, including 3 billion soums due to Employment Fund.

Overall, the bank's branches and departments issued 7,000 micro credits in national currency for 19 billion soums in 2008, including 1.4 billion soums due to resources of Employment Fund.