PERSPECTIVE ENTERPRISES AND OBJECTS, OFFERED TO FOREIGN INVESTORS

INVESTMENT CLIMATE OF SYRDARYA REGION

• Location – east of Uzbekistan
• Distance from Tashkent city - 68 km
• Area – 4,3 thousand. sq. km
• Boundary – In the North borders on the

Republic of Kazakhstan, in the East on Tashkent region, in the South-East on Republic of Tajikistan, in the South-West on Djizak region.
Consists of – 3 cities, 2 towns under district authority, 8 districts and 21 urban- type communities
Population – 750,5 thousand people Regional centre – Gulistan city

WHY Syrdarya?

• Quickly developing economy
• Having special industrial zone
• Privileges and preferences for investors
• Comfortable transport corridors
• Developed infrastructure
• Population with absolute literacy
• HoHospitable population
• Highly skilled labour

POTENTIAL OF MINERAL RESOURCES

Syrdarya region has the limited reserve of natural resources. They provide potential of development of manufacture of building materials, including the brick and tile raw materials, reserved in Bajaut, Gulistan areas, and also in the Dmitrov field, which draws up 9,2 million m3.

Sand-and-gravel materials are located in the Verhnovolynsk field in Sajhunabad area. Reserve draws up 5,5 million m3. Sand can be used as a fine aggregate in concrete making.

Mineral underground waters are located in the Malek field in 5 km to the south of Syrdarya tawn. Reserves of Malek field are confirmed by «Uzbekgeologiya».

TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS

Roads – 2 thousand km, including highways.
The “Great Uzbek Highway" arterial roads, crosses
over the territory of the region.
Railroads – 400 km

Railway stations - there are 4 railway stations in the region: Gulistan, Sirdarya, Yangier cities and Khavast district. It gives an opportunity for regular trains to regions of the republic, also to Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.

Logistics - Internal regional transport communications have wayouts to all neighbouring states and via them to large sea ports. Transport infrastructure got a good development for the account of terminals “Akaltyn cotton recycling base" and “Syrdarya Akaltyn Tola" enterprises.

INVOLVMENT OF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS

Presently Syrdarya region 67 enterprises with foreign investments are registered, 16 of them are entirely based on foreign investments. The enterprises with foreign investments provide over 5000 capable citizens of the region. In 2014 the volume of goods and service production of such enterprises has risen to 175 % in comparison with 2013, the volume of exported goods and service rise to 217 % in comparison with 2013.

In comparison with last year the grain of small business in total amount of export has increased on 155,1 %.

Touristic potential

One of the perspective directions of investment is considered Tourist branch In Syr-Darya region are developing such types of tourism as: historical and architectural, religious and pilgrimage, environmental, therapeutic. In the region there are on an ongoing basis organized exhibitions, in which different samples of national clothing, musical instruments, ceramics and articles of national craftsmen are exhibited.

On the way of the Great Silk Road in the territory of Syr-Darya region there is situated a unique historical hydrotechnical construction “SARDOBA" – presenting indoor pond with a dome, which was erected for special storage of water in the regions where lack of water existed. Historians witness that even in times of great Amir Temur, together with his fleet went through Hungry steppe to Chinaz. At that time he saw dilapidated construction for water storage and ordered to rehabilitate it. As the legend says people stood hand by hand from Samarkand to this construction and passed burnt bricks to each other for rehabilitation of that construction.

INVESTMENT CLIMATE OF SYRDARYA REGION