Shavkat Mirziyoyev becomes acquainted with Kokand industrial goods
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has visited Shaffof Omadli Sanoat private enterprise operating in Kokand Free Economic Zone.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has visited Shaffof Omadli Sanoat private enterprise operating in Kokand Free Economic Zone.
Established by a 12 January 2017 presidential decree, the FEZ occupies almost 710 hectares. 94 investment projects for a total amount of 180 million US dollars are currently under implementation here in industries such as mechanical and electrical engineering, textiles, pharmaceuticals, food processing, leather and shoe production.
To date, 29 facilities worth almost 52 million dollars have already been commissioned, and about 1.7 thousand jobs have been created. For eight months of this year, residents of the FEZ produced goods for more than 407 billion soums and exported for 3.3 million USD.
Shaffof Omadli Sanoat was set up as part of the investment program for Fergana region development in 2019-2020 that came out as a result of the President’s visit to the region in May this year.
The company is capable of manufacturing 230 thousand units of methane and 250 thousand units of propane equipment, 300 thousand pieces of components and spare parts a year.
As estimates suggest, this will make it possible to replace imports of products for 20 million USD per annum. The enterprise also intends to export goods worth 60 million USD.
In the future, the company plans to produce loaders, and from 2021 – electric cars.
The President paid special attention to the economic advantages of electric vehicles.
The total cost of this project, realized jointly with the Silk Road Company from China, is 30 million US dollars, including 24 million dollars of foreign investment.
Preliminary calculations showed that the estimated cost of this environmentally friendly mode of transport produced in the country will amount to 3 thousand dollars. Electric vehicles are important in conditions of limited availability of petroleum products.
The Head of the state examined samples of products manufactured on the territory of Kokand Free Economic Zone, talked with Fergana entrepreneurs.
