Uzbekistan intends to stop export of cotton fiber by 2025
By Trend
Uzbekistan has planned to stop the export of cotton fiber and to ensure its full processing in the domestic market by 2025, RIA Novosti reported referring to Head of the Department of Strategic Forecasting of UzTekstilProm (Uzbek Textile Industry) Association Dilbar Muhamedova.
"We have a task to completely stop the export of cotton fiber by 2025 and to ensure its complete processing within the country," Muhamedova said.
According to her forecasts, in 2018, the industry will be able to process about 520,000 tons of cotton fiber with the current design capacity of 720,000 tons.
Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.
Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.
By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.
You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper
Thank you!