OREANDA-NEWS. June 11, 2013. Uzbekistan attracted US5.6 million of foreign investments due to all sources within 258 projects in the first quarter of 2013 within the regional programmes on attracting foreign investments for 2013, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade of Uzbekistan.

The Ministry said that foreign direct investments and loans worth US9.9 million were attracted within 217 projects.

Foreign investments were attracted to such areas as light industry, construction materials, services, food industry, processing of leather and footwear production, pharmaceuticals, electronics, poultry, production of spare parts, construction, fruits and vegetable cold storage, etc.

Foreign direct investments were attracted from 28 countries within the programme. In particular, foreign direct investments were attracted from China, Great Britain, the United States, Turkey, Russia, South Korea, Singapore, UAE, Switzerland, Netherlands and others.

Within the programmes some 50 projects were implemented and it helped to create or modernize production of cotton yarn (Delta Tex in Andijan region), stockinet (Prime Textile and Accord Textile), carpets and carpet products (Sam Parda Feyza Antep), women and men footwear (Asian Trade Link and Rubber Trust and Eva Products), perfume products (Aromasq international), detergents (Tolga Tekin), etc.

In the reporting period, some 72 enterprises with foreign capital were created, including three in Karaulbazar (Enter Machineries service, Bukhara region), Nurata (ZafarGraniteMining, Navoi region) and Yangibazar (Yangibozor Texno Servis, Khorezm region) districts, which earlier did not have enterprises with foreign investments.