Districts Boost Manufacturing

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has visited the venture of cotton-textile cluster «Polytex Syrdarya» in Saykhunabad District.

There used to be no industrial facilities in Saykhunabad District. The agriculture was focused only on cotton cultivation. As a result of agrarian transformations and the introduction of cluster system, industry expanded here. Currently, the district specializes in producing yarn, fabrics, ready-made clothes, vegetable oil, soap, food and other products. And this is only from cotton.

In particular, the cluster's textile enterprise «Politex Sirdaryo» set up yarn production. German technologies were introduced and 700 jobs were created. The annual capacity of the enterprise is 7 thousand tons of yarn, and the production worth $2.5 million was exported to China, Turkey and Bangladesh over the past period of this year.

Besides, an enterprise producing 30 thousand tons of oil annually operates as part of the cluster. It provides jobs for 100 people.

The President got acquainted with the technological process of yarn production at «Politex Syrdaryo» enterprise and talked to the workers.

The products of textile enterprises of Syrdarya Region were also demonstrated here. Nowadays, there are 9 cotton-textile clusters functioning in the region. It is planned to harvest 268 thousand tons of raw cotton this year, which will be fully processed in the region.

The President also interacted with media representatives.

«The main goal of our current visit to Syrdarya is to identify the factors for transforming the region into a region where residents are fully provided with jobs», Shavkat Mirziyoyev has said. «In the conditions of Syrdarya, the first factor is land. The mindset of cluster owners is changing, they strive for quality, their income is growing. Now they should meet the people's demands. First of all, it is about creating jobs. For example, it is planned to create 100 thousand jobs by allocating land to the population for farming. Secondly, these lands will be available to grow whatever is profitable. Whoever understands the market and works harder will make a profit. Another important aspect is that if we can eliminate unemployment in Syrdarya Region, it will be a good example for other regions».