Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has tasked the government to reform the country’s automotive industry to boost production and develop competition, the president’s press service said Wednesday.
Uzbekistan plans to attract direct investments in the industrial assembly of cars and production of up to 60,000 budget cars and electric vehicles annually.
Uzbekistan has recently set up a joint venture with the Volkswagen Group Rus concern to produce Volkswagen Caddy passenger and cargo minivans and plans similar joint ventures with other companies as well.