1. INVESTMENT POTENTIAL OF SYRDARYA REGION

2. GEOGRAFICAL LOCATION

3. BASIC INFORMATION Distance from Tashkent – 80 km.
The region was established on February 16, 1963.
The capital of the region is Gulistan city.
Distance from Tashkent – 80 km.
Territory – 4,3 thousand square km.
There are 3 cities and 8 districts.
Automobile roads– 2000 km.
Railway – 400 km.
Population ,7 thousand.
Workforce – 353,1 thousand.

4. ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Gross regional product in 2017 – 5066,4 billion sum
Industry in 2017 – 300,2 billion sum

5. ENTERPRISES WITH FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
395,2 mln. USD
152%
INVESTMENTS
90 FDI
25 foreign enterprises
3 subsidiaries
65 joint ventures

6. COUNTRY PARTNERS

7. INVESTMENT DIRECTIONS

8. Factors of investment attractiveness
Political and macroeconomic stability
A broad system of legal guarantees and privileges for foreign investment
Domestic market and export potential
Benefits and preferences for foreign investors
Rich resource and raw materials base
Close distance to Tashkent
Gateway to other regions

9. Stages of creation of free economic zones
FEZ “Navoi” in Navoi region
December of 2008
FEZ “Angren” in the Tashkent region
April of 2012
FEZ “Djizakh” in Djizakh and Syrdaryo regions
March of 2013
FEZ “Urgut”, FEZ “Gijduvan”, FEZ “Kokand” and FEZ “Khazarasp” in Samarkand, Bukhara, Fergana and Khorezm regions
January of 2017
FEZ “Nukus-Pharm”, FEZ “Zomin-Pharm”, FEZ “Kosonsoy-Pharm”, FEZ “Syrdaryo-Pharm”, FEZ “Boysun-Pharm”,
FEZ “Bustonlik-Pharm” and FEZ “Parkent-Pharm”
May of 2017

10. Location of pharmaceutical free economic zones FEZ “Bustonlik-Pharm”
FEZ “Parkent-Pharm”
FEZ “Bustonlik-Pharm”
FEZ “Kosonsoy-Pharm”
FEZ “Nukus-Pharm”
FEZ “Syrdaryo-Pharm”
FEZ “Zomin-Pharm”
FEZ “Boysun-Pharm”

11. Planned for implementation investment projects in special pharmaceutical FEZ
Total number of projects : 43
Cost: 474,68 mln. US $,
of them, due to:
own funds - 108,97 mln. US $ (23,0%);
bank loans - 120,45 mln. US $ (25,4%);
foreign investment - 156,56 mln. US $ (33,0%);
funds of the Fund for Reconstruction and Development of Uzbekistan - 88,70 mln. US $ (18,6%).

12. Privileges and preferences in FEZ
The FEZ participant is exempt from payment: 01
Land tax
5-12 мln. soums/hectare 02
Property tax 5% 03
Income Taxes
7,5%
Single tax payment 04 5%
Tax on improvement and development of social infrastructure 05 8% 06
Payment to the non-budget Fund for the reconstruction of educational and medical institutions
0,5% 07
Paying to the Republican Road Fund
1,4% 08
Customs payments for raw materials, equipment and components

13. Conditions for granting privileges and preferences
more 10
mln.
US $
5 - 10
mln. US $
3 - 5
mln. US $ 10
years
+5*
mln. US $ 7
years 5
years
3 y. 10 7 3 5

14. The allocated land areas for special pharmaceutical FEZ
Total: 554,9 hectares
FEZ “Syrdaryo-Pharm”
212,8 hectares
FEZ “Bustonlik-Pharm”
104,0 hectares
FEZ “Zomin-Pharm”
100,0 hectares
FEZ “Nukus-Pharm”
50,0 hectares
FEZ “Boysun-Pharm”
39,0 hectares
FEZ “Kosonsoy-Pharm”
32,1 hectares
FEZ “Parkent-Pharm”
17,0 hectares

15. Administrative Council of FEZ
The procedure for selecting and placing the project in the FEZ
The basis Decree No of y.
Investor
Directorate of FEZ
2 work days
Package of documents :
Investment application
Business plan of the project
Information on the investor's experience
Information on the financial and economic activities of the investor for the last three years
Administrative Council of FEZ
5 work days
Decision on the location of the investment project
1 work day
Granting the status of a participant in the FEZ
Directorate of FEZ

16. Certificate of allocation of land
The procedure, timing of consideration of an investment application and obtaining the status of a participant in the FEZ
The basis Decree No of y.
Investor
1 work day
Certificate
Directorate of FEZ
Notice of circulation
Tax and customs authorities
1 work day
Certificate of allocation of land
Khokimiyat of the region
1 work day

17. By sources of financing:
Measures for the advancing development of transport, engineering, communication and industrial infrastructures in the territories of FEZ
The basis Decree No of y.
To the borders of FEZ
From the boundaries of the FEZ to the territory of production
By sources of financing:
The state budget;
Local budget;
Responsible government bodies.
By sources of financing:
Investor's funds
The Republican Road Fund, JSC "Uzbekenergo"
JSC "Uztransgaz", JSC "Uzbektelecom"

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