OREANDA-NEWS. April 17, 2009. Commercial Banks of Uzbekistan are planning to direct 153.9 billion soums of soft credits to develop women businesses in 2009.

About 41.7 billion soums will be directed to increasing number of cattle and expansion of cattle products production. It is planned to issue 430 billion soums to expand production of food goods and saturation of internal market.

The banks will direct 352.9 billion soums to broaden production of local non-food consumer goods.