He said that export potential of these enterprises makes u US$126 million and they created 3,380 new jobs.

He said that Uzbekyengilsanoat unites 282 enterprises. He said that some 133 of them are textile enterprses, 117 – clothing and garment enterprises, and 32 – silk industry enterprises.

Maksud Mansurov said that Uzbekistan increased internal processing of cotton fiber from 7% in 1991 to 35% in 2011. He said that the volume of internal processing will reach over 50% by 2015.

In order to increase capacities and assortment of products in 2012-2014, it is planned to purchase 700 units of equipment to produce ready garments, yarn and fabrics for US$13.4 million.

Overall Uzbekyengilsanoat will implement 23 investment projects with total sum of US$625 million. In last 20 years, textile industry attracted over US$1.3 billion of foreign investments.