Uzbekistan will create favorable conditions for the growth of the service sector.
The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan has issued a resolution titled "On Additional Measures for Creating Favorable Conditions for the Sustainable Development of the Services Sector" (No. PP-78 dated February 27, 2025).
According to the resolution, the following key performance indicators for the development of the services sector in 2025 have been established:
- an increase in the volume of services by 15%;
- providing 3 million people with income-generating employment;
- the creation of 52.2 thousand service facilities.
The duration of the 1% social tax rate, as stipulated in subparagraph "a" of paragraph 2 of the President's resolution dated January 27, 2022, No. PP-104 "On Additional Measures for the Development of the Services Sector," has been extended until January 1, 2028.
In 2025, the following amount of credit funds will be allocated:
- 67.4 trillion soums for the development of the services sector;
- 4.5 trillion soums for creating service facilities through leasing non-residential premises to entrepreneurs via developers.
In 2025, 1 trillion soums will be directed towards the infrastructural support of 652 driving projects across the regions:
- 72 recreational areas in coastal zones;
- 62 modern-style parks for leisure;
- 154 round-the-clock functioning shopping and entertainment streets focused on tourism and gastronomy;
- 364 roadside and other service facilities.