The Ministry said that foreign direct investments and loans worth US$109.9 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.