On May 19, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed a presentation on the current state of affairs and priority tasks in the construction materials industry.
Population growth and expanding urbanization annually increase the demand for quality construction materials. In accordance with this, the industry itself is developing: numerous projects are being implemented, and almost 10 thousand enterprises are currently functioning.
In the first quarter of this year, the production volume increased by 8 percent, exports – by 11 percent. Within the framework of the investment program, 9 large projects worth $500 million were launched.
Uzbekistan’s trade houses have been opened in the cities of Dushanbe, Kabul and Philadelphia.
However, there are still many tasks ahead. By the end of the year, it is planned to implement 312 projects worth $2.4 billion, create 16 thousand high-paying jobs, bring the volume of production to 53 trillion soums and exports to $1.2 billion.
During the presentation, the responsible persons reported on the measures aimed at achieving these indicators.
The Head of State emphasized that the issues of quality, cost and culture of construction are the most pressing in the industry. The task has been set to introduce modern technologies, improve the competitiveness of domestic products and use them more actively in construction within the country.
On this path, an important role is played by the science and applied R&D. In this regard, the R&D center was established and an expert from Germany was engaged.
As an example, the initiated work on production of rolled concrete covers for irrigation canals and ditches is given. Calculations demonstrate that it is possible to reduce time and money spent on concreting by 10 percent and water consumption by 3-5 percent.
The President also drew attention to the need to supply products with high added value to both domestic and foreign markets, emphasizing the importance of geology and scientific approach. The necessity to analyze energy- and resource-consuming areas and apply effective innovative solutions was pointed out.
Thus, according to the results of the energy audit of large enterprises of the industry, conducted last year, it was revealed that it is possible to save up to 300 million kilowatt-hours. It was emphasized that cost reduction is possible due to technology upgrades and rational organization of the production process.
The task was set to create a register of enterprises producing construction materials on the platform of “Shaffof Kurilish” and through it to ensure control over the quality of products.