China takes lead in investing in the economy of Uzbekistan

In 2019, Uzbekistan mastered investments in the amount of 195.9 trillion soums in fixed assets, Spot writes with reference to the press-secretary of the State Committee on Statistics Usman Abdurasulov.

In 2017 and 2018, the amount was 72.2 trillion soums and 124.2 trillion soums, respectively. The share of investments in fixed assets has been growing over the past three years – 23.8% in 2017, 24.3% in 2018 and 43.6% in 2019.

The main investors in 2019 were:

China – 26.2%
Russia – 10.6%
Turkey – 5.2%
Germany – 3.3%
Switzerland – 2.9%

They invested mainly in processing (26%), construction of housing (10.4%), mining (10.2%), transportation and storage (7.2%), trade (3.8%) and education (2.8%).