In questo episodio di Business Line Uzbekistan, esaminiamo il settore elettrotecnico del Paese, facendo il punto sui suoi notevoli progressi e sul suo potenziale di crescita.
00:00From household appliances to solar power components, electrical engineering is a powerful driver
00:11of Uzbekistan's economy, fueling new business, jobs and exports. But what about global trade
00:18challenges as the sector eyes further growth? Hello and welcome to the program. Uzbekistan's
00:27electrical engineering sector has grown eightfold in the past five years, employing more than 85,000
00:36people. Last year, the industry produced more than 2.1 billion euros worth of goods, with exports making
00:44up just over half that value. More than 70 countries are now being reached. We've been to a high-tech hub
00:51in the capital, Tashkent. Manufacturing on a mammoth scale. This is Texno Park. It brings together
01:0217 production facilities covering an area bigger than 60 football pitches. We specialize on production
01:10of home appliances, commercial appliances, industrial heating and cooling solutions and
01:16construction products. Right now, we've reached the capacity of around 1.4 million items manufactured annually.
01:25A 5,000-strong workforce makes it happen, working alongside the latest in production technology.
01:34Various technologies are assembled in one place, starting from raw material and component production,
01:43like injection molding, metal processing equipment, and also the final processes like electronic assembly,
01:50laboratories and assembly lines.
01:52Texno Park has sealed partnerships with big international companies like Samsung Electronics
02:02and Italy's Pietro Fiorentini, which works in the energy sector. It supplies both domestic and foreign markets,
02:10with exports going to 25 countries. Right now, we already export to the nearby countries of the Middle East. We already entered to the European market and our ambitions to go to the U.S. market as well. Within this year even, we already targeted to make our trial and pilot export to U.S. market.
02:38Also in Tashkent, this maker of wires and cables, including for solar power, already sends around 60% of its products abroad. Now a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is set to supercharge its exports further.
02:57To keep pace with production demands, the company is creating a training center for technical specialists.
03:04To keep pace with technical specialists.
03:11To keep pace with production demands, the company is creating a training center for technical specialists.
03:19All feeding a sector aiming to reach annual export volumes of almost 2.7 billion euros.
03:22To keep pace with production demands, the company is creating a training center for technical specialists.
03:26All feeding a sector aiming to reach annual export volumes of almost 2.7 billion euros.
03:49Let's speak now to Merziyod Yunusov, who represents the electrical engineering sector.
03:58Merziyod, why all this expansion? And why now?
04:01As you know, Uzbekistan is a landlocked country.
04:05So what are the government tasks to us is to switch our exports from traditional goods to more high added value products.
04:15And how about global trading challenges?
04:17We see these challenges as opportunities for our industry.
04:22Why? Because we have local talents.
04:25We have raw materials and we have a very good agreement with the European Union.
04:31So what we are trying to do is to invite international partnership, produce it locally, process it locally,
04:39and go not only for the regional market as well as for the European market.
04:44Merziyod, thank you very much indeed for joining us.
04:46Well, that's all we have time for in this edition, but there's more business news at Euronews.com.
