Uzbekistan Leather Exports Rise

In 2010, the Uzbekistan leather - shoe industry company planned to increase its export value to $10 million, up from $1 million 500 thousand last year, and last year's export value of $1 million 500 thousand. The Uzbek leather shoes Association announced.

According to media reports, last year, the association's products not only exported to neighbouring countries, but also European countries such as Spain, Italy and Turkey, as well as a series of Asian countries such as India, China and Pakistan.

"Today, leather, clothing and footwear industry enterprises are modernizing and reassembling production workshops and equipment.

Bought the world's advanced production equipment.

In 2010, only the enterprises within the association purchased new equipment and planned to invest $11 million.

So that 8 leather enterprises and 7 shoe enterprises will be modernized.

At present, the total investment of the current 7 plans is US $7 million 852 thousand, including foreign capital of US $6 million 565 thousand.

He said: "at present, the association is familiar with 19 enterprises, invested 15 million dollars."

The modernization of the "alaz" enterprise, US $150 thousand, aims to innovate the production line of children's shoes.

Kokand implements a series of plans, where there are 11 shoe processing enterprises and 4 shoe manufacturing enterprises.

The company has installed modern equipment to repair 2 million 500 thousand square meters of leather annually.

In 2010, "Cu Quinn Pai Abu Rizali" joint stock company will develop 1 billion Sam (US $628 thousand) to enter the workshop and replace the equipment.

"Iman nogross" plans to modernize the children's shoes workshop next year.

Attracting foreign partners to allocate 1 billion 120 million Sam (US $703 thousand).

The production of leather garment products factory was built in the state of SAR, and new enterprises should be put into operation in the second half of 2010.

This plan first improves the quality of products in the field.

Naturally, the first round plan should protect domestic demand.

Earlier, the Russian REGNUM news agency announced that in June 2009, the government of Uzbekistan announced the "leather footwear industry modernization and future development measures, 2009--2012 leather products to increase production" order.

The government's plan is aimed at reforming the productive forces for 42 enterprises and establishing a new enterprise with a production value of US $50 million.

To implement the outline, the output value of leather products will increase by 2 times, and the output value of shoes will increase by 3 times.

In 2009, 14 enterprises in the field invested 14 million 400 thousand US dollars to update 8 leather processing enterprises and 5 shoe manufacturers.