Tashkent (TDI): Uzbekistan attracted over $8.7 billion in foreign investment during the first quarter of the current year, marking about 20 percent increase compared to the corresponding period last year.
The investment influx is being channeled into strategic sectors like energy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, metallurgy, transport, agriculture, water management, and public services.
The government has specially focused on generating added value and creating new employment opportunities.
By the end of the first half of the year, total foreign investment is expected to cross $18 billion.
For all of 2025, the country aims to attract $42 billion in foreign investment and carry out eighty-one large-scale projects along with over eight thousand small and medium-sized initiatives.
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In support of these objectives, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev recently issued an order aimed at increasing production, exports, and entrepreneurship.
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Starting June 1, foreign citizens and stateless individuals will be eligible to obtain a 5-year residence permit by paying $200,000. An additional fee of $100,000 will be charged for each accompanying family member, including parents, spouses and children.
