Description
The report provides the following information:
-Uzbekistan economy, investment climate and investment legislation are reviewed;
-Tax and Customs systems of Uzbekistan are described;
-The structure of political system of Uzbekistan (including legislative, judicial and executive branches) is reviewed in detail;
-Authority descriptions and contact data including postal addresses, phone numbers and Internet addresses of state bodies (including Oliy Majlis, courts, ministries, state committees), institutions, agencies, hokimiyats, banks, other state entities, associations, funds, public organizations, state companies, corporations and concerns are provided;
-Uzbekistan Investment Program for 2009 is provided.
The questions this report answers
The report allows the investor to receive in prompt fashion the general representation on the economy of Uzbekistan, an investment climate of this country, its political structure and to be guided in structure of republic authorities, including finding the necessary contact information.
Data sources and methodology
Data of State Committee on Statistics of Uzbekistan, international financial organizations, Internet sources, mass media, and AFS-Research data were used to prepare this report.
Conclusions
This report will render the invaluable help to any investor, intending to conduct business operations in Republic of Uzbekistan.
The report provides the following information:
-Uzbekistan economy, investment climate and investment legislation are reviewed;
-Tax and Customs systems of Uzbekistan are described;
-The structure of political system of Uzbekistan (including legislative, judicial and executive branches) is reviewed in detail;
-Authority descriptions and contact data including postal addresses, phone numbers and Internet addresses of state bodies (including Oliy Majlis, courts, ministries, state committees), institutions, agencies, hokimiyats, banks, other state entities, associations, funds, public organizations, state companies, corporations and concerns are provided;
-Uzbekistan Investment Program for 2009 is provided.
Table of contents
7 Introduction
7 Uzbekistan
7 General information
8 Uzbekistan economy
8 The foreign trade turnover
8 Natural resources
9 Population
9 Investment climate
10 The legislation regarding the foreign investments
12 Taxation system of Uzbekistan
12 Tax service and legal base of its activity
13 Customs of Republic of Uzbekistan
14 Political map
15 Political system of Uzbekistan
15 State structure
15 President
16 The Cabinet of Ministers
16 Oliy Mazhlis
16 Presidential apparatus
16 Local authority bodies
17 Public organizations, parties and movements
17 Internal policy of Uzbekistan
17 Armed forces of Uzbekistan
18 The President
18 Powers of the President
18 Biography of the President
18 Status of the President
20 Presidential apparatus
20 Presidential apparatus
20 The state council of President
20 Security council
21 Legislative power
21 The Legislative Chamber of Oliy Mazhlis of
Republic of Uzbekistan
22 The Senate of Oliy Mazhlis of Republic of
Uzbekistan
22 The exclusive powers of the Senate of the Oliy Mazhlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan
23 The joint powers of the Legislative Chamber and the Senate of the Oliy Mazhlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan
24 Judicial power
24 Supreme court
24 Higher economic court
24 Constitutional court
25 Martial court
25 Office of Public Prosecutor
26 Executive power
27 Main powers of the Cabinet of Ministers
28 Ministries
28 Ministry of labor and social security
28 Ministry of higher and secondary vocational
education
28 Ministry of public health
29 Ministry of cultural and sports affairs
30 Ministry of foreign affairs
30 Ministry of internal affairs
30 Ministry of finance
30 Ministry of justice
31 Ministry of emergency situations
31 Ministry of defense
31 Ministry of economy
32 Ministry of agriculture and water resources
32 Ministry of foreign economic relations, investments and trade
33 Ministry of public education
33 National security service
34 Central Bank
34 The central establishments under the Cabinet of Ministers
35 The center of hydrometeorology services
35 High attestation commission
35 State patent department
35 Governmental test center
35 Religion affairs committee
35 National informational-analytic center of the drugs control
36 Science and technology development coordination committee
36 State grain inspection service
36 Uzbek center of the certification of cotton fiber “SIFAT”
36 Agency “Uzarhiv”
37 The State Committees
37 State property committee
37 State committee on statistics
38 State committee of Republic of Uzbekistan on demonopolization, support of competition and entrepreneurship
38 State tax committee
39 Customs committee
39 State Committee of Republic of Uzbekistan on nature protection
39 State committee of Republic of Uzbekistan on
geology and mineral resources
40 State Committee of Republic of Uzbekistan on architecture and construction
40 State committee on land resources, geodesy,
cartography and state cadastre
41 Agencies
41 Uzbek agency of press and information
41 Uzbek agency “Uzkommunhizmat”
42 Uzbek agency of communication and
informational technologies
42 Uzbek agency of automobile and river transport
43 Uzbek agency of standardization, metrology and certification
43 Uzbekistan republic agency of copyright
44 Regional administrations
44 Republic of Karakalpakstan Cabinet of Ministers
44 Andijan regional administration
44 Bukhara regional administration
44 Dzhizak regional administration
44 Kashkadarya regional administration
45 Navoi regional administration
45 Namangan regional administration
45 Samarkand regional administration
45 Surkhandarya regional administration
45 Syrdarya regional administration
46 Tashkent regional administration
46 Ferghana regional administration
46 Horezm regional administration
46 Tashkent city administration
47 Banks of Republic of Uzbekistan
47 Joint-stock commercial “Aloqabank”
47 Joint-stock commercial bank “Agro-bank”
47 State joint-stock commercial bank “Аsaka”
47 Joint-stock commercial hypotecary bank
“Ipoteka-bank”
47 Joint-stock commercial industrial– construction bank “Uzpromstroybank”
47 Joint-stock commercial bank “Kapitalbank”
48 Open joint-stock commercial bank “Turon bank”
48 Joint-stock innovation commercial bank “Ipak Yuli”
48 State commercial people bank
48 Open joint-stock commercial bank “Kishlok kurilish bank”
48 Open joint-stock commercial bank “Mikrokreditbank”
48 Open joint-stock commercial bank “Uzsavdogarbank”
49 Private open joint-stock commercial investment bank “Turkestan”
49 Private joint-stock commercial bank “Davr-bank”
49 Private open joint-stock commercial bank “Amirbank”
49 Private open joint-stock commercial bank “Invest finance bank”
Private open joint-stock exchange bank “Trastbank”
49 Open joint-stock commercial bank
“Kredit-Standart”
50 Open joint-stock commercial bank “Hamkorbank”
50 Private open joint-stock commercial bank “Uktambank”
50 Open joint-stock commercial bank “Samarkand”
50 Private open joint-stock commercial bank “Universal Bank”
51 National bank of external economic relations of Uzbekistan (NBU)
51 Private open joint-stock commercial bank “Ravnak -Bank”
51 Joint-stock association of closed type “UzKDB Bank”
51 Joint-stock association of closed type
“Uzbek-Turkish bank”
51 Joint-stock association of closed type "Royal Bank of Scotland Uzbekiston NB"
51 The affiliated bank of "Bank Saderat” of Iran
53 Other governmental bodies
53 The state inspections on supervision of safety of rail transportation of the Republic of Uzbekistan
53 State inspection of Republic of Uzbekistan on the flights safety supervision
54 Associations
54 "Uzagromashservis"
54 “Uzmontazhspecstroy"
54 "Uzeltehsanoat"
54 "Uzmyasomolprom"
54 Association of handicraftsmen "Hunarmand"
54 Tashkent transport service “Toshshahartranshizmat"
54 Farmers’ association
54 "Maslozhirpisheprom"
55 "Uzbekcharmpoyabzali" (Leather goods and shoes manufacturing )
55 Association of international truck carriers
55 Association of international forwarding agents
55 Creative association of Republic of Uzbekistan "Tasviriy oyina"
55 "Uzpahtasanoat"
55 Scientific establishments
55 Uzbekistan Academy of Science
56 Funds
56 Republic road fund
56 Pension fund
56 Fund of children’s sport development of Uzbekistan
56 Public organizations
58 "Almalyk metallurgical plant" joint stock company
58 Navoi mining metallurgical plant
59 State companies
59 Uzbekistan Airways ("Uzbekiston Havo Yullari")
59 State joint-stock railway company "Uzbekiston Temir Yullari"
60 State joint-stock company “Uzavtoyul”
60 National television and radio cast company of
Uzbekistan
60 National holding company "Uzbekneftegaz"
61 State joint-stock company "Uzbekenergo"
61 State joint-stock company "Uzkimyo sanoat" (“Uzhimprom”)
61 Joint-stock company “Uzavtosanoat"
(“Uzavtoprom”)
61 Joint-stock leasing company "Uzselhozmashlizing"
61 Joint-stock company "Uzulgurzhisavdo"
62 State joint-stock company "Uzbekyengilsanoat"
62 Joint-stock company "Uzstroymaterialy"
62 Holding company "Fayz"
62 Joint-stock company "Dori-Darmon"
62 Holding company "Uzvinprom-holding"
62 National company "Uzbekturizm"
63 National company of export and import insurance "Uzbekinvest"
63 State joint-stock insurance company "Uzagrosugurta"
63 State joint-stock insurance company "Kafolat"
63 Insurance company “Madad”
63 Publishing joint-stock company "Shark"
63 Republican engineering company "Uzinvestproekt"
64 Uzbek commodity exchange
64 Republican universal agroindustrial exchange "Uzbekistan"
64 "The Uzbek combine of refractory and heat resisting metals"
64 “Tashkent factory on preparation and processing of scrap and a waste of nonferrous metals”
64 Leasing company "Kurilish-lizing"
64 State joint-stock company "Uzkitobsavdo"
65 Corporations and concerns
65 State joint-stock corporation of grain industry "O`zdonmahsulot"
65 State joint-stock concern of pharmaceutical industry "Uzfarmsanoat"