Automobile buyers to receive a notification indicating exact date of car delivery

According to the press service of the head of state, the industry is still unable to fully satisfy consumer demand. In this regard, the development strategy for the next five years sets goals to increase production in the automotive industry by 1.4 times through the further development of cooperation, its export – by 2 times, as well as to increase the level of localization.

The meeting discussed the work to be done this year to achieve these goals. The President noted that priority should be given to meeting the needs of the population. Instructions were given to reduce the amount of prepayment for a car from the current 85% to 50%, to completely eliminate the queues that have arisen when buying cars by May 1. Each customer in the queue will receive a notification with a specific delivery date for the vehicle.

To meet domestic demand, it is necessary to produce 160,000 cars in the first half of the year and 275,000 by the end of the year. In order to increase the supply on the market and expand the choice of consumers, the government has been tasked with reducing the rates of customs duties on imported cars by 2 times.

This year, it is planned to implement 23 projects to master the production of 600 types of components. As a result, the level of localization will increase from 48 to 56 percent. The production of two car models and modern engines will also be launched through an investment of $336 million.

The world is rapidly developing the production of electric vehicles. In 2021, the share of such cars in the auto market has doubled. The President stressed that in order to keep up in this area, it is necessary to act now. In this regard, the task was set to develop a strategy for the development of the electric vehicle industry, taking into account technical requirements and standards, and localization issues.

The meeting also discussed the state of affairs in agricultural engineering. In this direction, it is planned to create an appropriate cluster in Chirchik. For these purposes, 100 billion soums were allocated from the budget. 

The possibility of doubling the volume of production of agricultural machinery, reducing its cost by 12% and increasing exports to $15 million this year was indicated.