By: Trends Editorial Team
From the mechanical engineering industries since the fi rst days of independence, the automotive industry has been actively developing in Uzbekistan. Currently, the Republic of Uzbekistan is the largest car manufacturer in Central Asia and takes the second place among the CIS countries with a high share of localization in passenger cars and trucks and buses. Through the state-owned company Uzavtosanoat, a number of global brands have been localized in various segments, including passenger cars and LCV (General Motors), trucks (MAN, ISUZU) and buses (ISUZU). However, in almost all joint ventures, the controlling stake is controlled by the state through Uzavtosanoat – 75% in GM Uzbekistan – 51% in a joint venture with MAN, 84% in a joint venture ISUZU and 50% in a joint venture with PSA. almost all joint ventures, the controlling stake is controlled by the state through Uzavtosanoat – 75% in GM Uzbekistan – 51% in a joint venture with MAN, 84% in a joint venture ISUZU and 50% in a joint venture with PSA. Currently, the government of the country is actively engaged in attracting foreign direct investment in the automotive industry as an independent player for the development of competition and production of the industry.
The main areas of the industry:
Currently, the industry has 23 joint ventures that produce cars, buses, trucks, components and nodes for cars, as well as consumer goods. The following companies work in the fi eld of automobile production: • Joint stock company GM Uzbekistan, created jointly with General Motors for the production of cars • Samarkand Automobile Plant for production of buses and middle-class trucks, which was founded along with UzAuto by Japanese companies Isuzu and Itochu • The joint Uzbekistan – Germany enterprise MAN Auto Uzbekistan for the production of heavy trucks and buses UzAuto and Peugeot Citroën Automobiles signed an agreement on establishing a joint venture, according to which a new plant for production of light commercial vehicles is being built in the city. The project provides for production of different confi gurations of cars Peugeot Boxer and Peugeot Expert on a full cycle. The enterprise UzAuto TRAILER was established for the production of mounted and trailed equipment, as Kamaz trucks are assembled together with a Russian company. For the production of auto components, about 40 large enterprises of UzAuto work in this area, most of which are joint ventures with leading global manufacturers of auto components such as Korea Delfi , Erae, Sungwoo Hitech, Austem, AMS, KM&I, etc.
