Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - At the end of 2019, it is expected that the volume of investments in Uzbekistan will be about $ 20.8 billion, which is 1.5 times more than the volume of investments in 2018. This was reported by the Ministry of Economy and Industry of Uzbekistan.
The share of investments in GDP is expected to reach 35%, which, based on world practice, is a rather high value.
The main contribution to the growth in investment was made by the active attraction of direct and other foreign investments and loans, share of which in the structure of investment financing will be about 23% in 2019, with an increase of more than 2.5 times.
It is also expected that active lending volumes will continue to grow rapidly - almost 1.6 times, although their share in the structure of investment sources will decrease to 16%.