 
							 
								Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on reducing duties on car imports by half. The rates will decrease in two stages
 
							 
								The gold reserve increased by 30 tons due to the decline in sales. Of these, 8.4 tons were purchased in December
 
							 
								FAO continues theseries of trainings to strengthen agricultural capacities of the rural population of Karakalpakstan.
 
							 
								Senators approved a law extending the zero VAT rate on imports and sales of a number of food products, including meat, butter and potatoes, until April 30
 
							 
								Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved the Development Strategy of Uzbekistan until 2026. One of its directions provides for reducing the tax burden to 25% of GDP, attracting $ 120 billion of investments
 
							 
								FAO together with partners organized trainings in Bozatau
 
							 
								As part of the implementation of the Development Strategy, Uzbekistan plans to halve the poverty rate by the end of 2026, Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Kuchkarov said
 
							 
								In 2021, Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover increased by 16% compared to 2020, reaching $42.1 billion. The volume of exports amounted to $16.6 billion, an increase of 10%, imports – $25.46 billion, which is 20.4% more than in the previous year
 
							 
								Office of the Interim Regional Central Asian Desert Initiative Secretariat opened in Tashkent
 
							 
								Gross international reserves in 2021 increased by $ 235.2 million, or 1%. As the Central Bank notes, this was influenced by the quotations of gold, which fell from $ 1891.1 at the beginning of the year to $ 1799.25. The impact of this fall was $1.06 billion