On April 16, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting on increasing exports and investments in Uzbekistan’s textile industry which currently comprises over 6,000 enterprises and has a workforce of 570,000.
Due to investments and new technologies, productivity has increased 4.2-fold over the past seven years. Last year, the manufacture of textiles, clothing and knitwear was valued at $8.2 billion and exports amounted to $3.1 billion.
However, the share of products with high added value in the export of finished goods remains low. Almost 80% of all exports are destined…
