Extensive work to improve the supply of the internal consumer market with domestic food products and manufactured goods is carried out in the Republic of Karakalpakstan.

The safety reserve of the domestic banking system is strengthening and developing, accomplished with the initiative of President Islam Karimov. Customers more boldly trust their free cash to the banking sector.

Fifteenth Anniversary Tashkent International Tourism Fair “Tourism on Silk Road” will be held in Tashkent on 22-23 October.

Uzbekistan is expecting that economy of the country will increase by 8.3% in 2010 compared to projected 8% in 2009.

The Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan considered the applications and other documents of the country’s political parties regarding their participation in the December elections to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan.

The International Industrial Fair and the Cooperation Exchange will open at the Uzexpocenter in Tashkent on 20 October.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov visited Ferghana region no 16 October to familiarize with the socioeconomic reforms implemented here.

On 18 October, the Day of Samarkand will be celebrated. On this day in 1996, President Islam Karimov presented the Amir Temur order to the city and proposed marking this date as the Day of Samarkand every year.

The gross domestic product of Uzbekistan showed an 8% growth in the first nine months of 2009, it was announced at the session of the Cabinet of Ministers on 16 October.

The Council of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held its 15th session in Tashkent on 16 October.

The USA is grateful to Uzbekistan for providing assistance in transporting non-military cargo to Afghanistan.

US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, Mr. Robert Blake, said on 14 October that his visit to Uzbekistan reflects the determination of President Obama and Secretary Clinton to strengthen ties between the United States and Uzbekistan.

Feng Du Seo, representative of the company «Qingdao Cotton» (South Korea): - Our company is specialized in the textile industry and we have a huge demand for quality fiber. We came here to buy famous Uzbek fiber. This fair is a good opportunity to acquire it without intermediaries. Most importantly, different varieties of Uzbek cotton are demonstrated at the fair. And we have the opportunity to choose the products for us.

Market-oriented economic reforms are consistently implemented in our country, a process that deepens with each passing year. In order to create favorable conditions for attracting foreign investment and the organization of modern high-tech industries a presidential decree “On creation of industrial free-trade zone in Navoi region was adopted on December 2, 2008.

A mission of Executive Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) comprising Ms. Meg Lundsager, Messrs. Age Bakker, Ambroise Fayolle, HE Jianxiong, Thomas Moser, and Klaus D. Stein issued the following statement on October 14, 2009 in Tashkent at the conclusion of its visit to Uzbekistan:

The Uzexpocenter in Tashkent will host the International industrial fair and Cooperation exchange on 20-24 October.

The first 50 legal entities have become clients of the private bank Asia Alliance Bank, which recently opened in Tashkent.

The exhibition of restored paintings has opened at the Karakalpak state arts museum named after Igor Savitsky.

“A large number of young people wish to have modern housing,” Nodir Suleymanov, deputy governor of Syrdarya district, told UzA.

During the years of independence the cotton industry of Uzbekistan went through a radical transformation. As a result of successive reforms undertaken to develop new technologies of cultivation quality of cotton fiber has increased. Wide introduction of the principles and mechanisms of market economy has been steadily increasing fame and the competitiveness of Uzbek cotton in international markets. Today, with the requirements of the global textile industry high-yielding varieties of cotton resistant to drought, diseases and pests, are cultivated in the country..