Partner countries with a high share of Uzbekistan's imports in the 1st quarter of 2022: China - 1661 million US dollars; Russia - 1380 million US dollars; Kazakhstan - 762 million US dollars; South Korea - 620 million US dollars; Turkey - 395 million US dollars;

Currently, there are 21 special economic zones (SEZs) operating in the Republic of Uzbekistan, 19 of which are specialized in industry (FEZ), 1 in agriculture and 1 in the tourism sector, 116 directorates of small industrial zones (hereinafter referred to as SIZ), 12 technoparks and 440 clusters, which included: in the FEZ - 512 enterprises, SIZ - 1,865, technoparks - 58 and clusters - 446 enterprises.

The Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan organized a press conference to inform the public about the implementation in the first quarter of 2022 of certain points of the "Development Strategy of New Uzbekistan for 2022-2026" and the current State Program in the "Year of ensuring Human Interests and development of the Mahalla".

The conference dedicated to the theme "Space technologies and their role in socio-economic development" brings together national space agencies and the international space community

In the first quarter of 2022, 50.1 trillion soums of investments in fixed assets, which is 26.6% more than the figure for the corresponding period of 2021, were mastered in Uzbekistan. The share of investments accounted for 30.8% of the gross domestic product.

This Forum was mostly focused on the impact of economic reforms in Uzbekistan on the country's position in the global international ratings.