Uzbekistan plans to vitalize textile industry

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on Monday to deepen reforms in the textile industry to fully reprocess raw cotton domestically and increase export potential of the country. The decree, titled “On measures to further deepen reforms and expand the export potential of the textile and garment and knitwear industry,” instructs the government, within three months, to develop and approve the concept of accelerated development of the textile and clothing-knitting industry for the period 2019-25.