TASHKENT (TCA) — Works are in full swing in Urgut, Pastdargom and Nurabad districts of the Samarkand province in Uzbekistan for the establishment of the Urgut free economic zone (FEZ) on an area of 816 hectares, the Jahon information agency reports.
Some 58 projects with a total cost of $188.7 million are to be implemented in the new FEZ. According to preliminary estimates, as a result of their implementation, manufacturing will be at $258.2 million and goods for $80.5 million will be exported.
The directorate of the Urgut FEZ said that construction works are currently underway in the framework of projects. In particular, the construction of industrial buildings on the Sariktepa plateau of the Urgut district is being completed within the project “Production of polymer and plastic products, disposable razors, toothbrushes and wet napkins”, implemented by the company Urgut Mikro Metall, worth $2 million. Contracts with foreign partners have been signed to supply the necessary equipment.
Procurement is in progress for equipment for the project “Production of gas stoves and electric ovens” of the Sam Elektro Servis limited liability company for $4.1 million.
“Measures are planned to create a comprehensively convenient and thought-out engineering and communication infrastructure in the territory of the free economic zone,” said Bakhtiyor Soatov, head of the infrastructure development subsidiary of the FEZ directorate. “So, it is planned to repair motor roads with the length of 42 km, lay 65.5 km of gas pipelines, 17.5 km of electric grids, and 24.5 km of water pipes, and build 4 substations and 4 hydro constructions.”
According to the FEZ general plan, 7 km of internal roads have been built on the Sariktepa plateau. To ensure uninterrupted power supply of the enterprises, 2.8 km of power transmission lines are stretched from the substation Sugdiyona.
