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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan is pursuing a production localization policy, refusing from the import of 100 different types of goods and considerably reducing the import of 300 types of goods last year alone, the Jahon information agency reports.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Large construction companies of Poland are interested in investing in projects in Kazakhstan’s western Atyrau region, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on March 28.
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ASTANA (TCA) — The labor productivity index in Kazakhstan increased by 31 percent as of the end of 2016 and the country reached the level of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia in terms of labor productivity in 2016, Minister for Investment and Development Zhenis Kassymbek said at a press conference on March 28, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will pay an official visit to Turkmenistan on 29-31 March, BelTA news agency reported citing the press service of the Belarusian president.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Union is continuing to offer significant support to trade facilitation activities in Central Asia. Thus, a technical assistance mission on GSP+ will be held in Bishkek on March 28-31 within the framework of Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA), funded by the European Union, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said on March 28.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Representatives of China’s Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited have visited Uzbekistan to discuss cooperation with local construction and production corporation, Umar, for construction of a cement plant in Samarkand, Novosti Uzbekistana news agency reports.
