Special industrial zone "Angren"

SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL ZONE “ANGREN” DEGREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN APRIL 13, 2012 No. UP-4434

Distance between  large cities:
Tashkent – 80 km
Ferghana – 240 km
Samarkand – 220 km

Pedagogical institute
1200 graduating students
9 colleges, including 5 in industry
3 131 graduating, including 1 537 in industry

SIZ “Angren” residents are exempted from:

Property tax  - 3.5%
Profit (income) tax  - 9%
Unified tax (for SMEs) – 5%
Social infrastructure development tax – 8%
Obligatory payments to the Republican Road Fund (1-2.5%)

Period of privileges and incentives:
3 years
if amount of direct investments is from 0.3 mln to 3 mln USD
5 years
if amount of direct investments is from 3 mln to 10 mln USD
7 years
if amount of direct investments is more than 10 mln. USD

Customs duties for imported equipment, raw materials, production components, not produced in Uzbekistan, by the degree of the Cabinet Ministers

Special industrial zone "Jizzakh"

Jizzakh (Uzbek: Jizzax / Жиззах; Russian: Джизак) is a city (population 138,400 in 2004) and the center of Jizzakh Region in Uzbekistan, northeast of Samarkand.The population of Jizzax on April 24, 2014 is approximately 152,642.^[1]

Jizzakh was an important Silk Road junction on the road connecting Samarkand with Fergana Valley. It is at the edge of Golodnaya Steppe, and next to the strategic Pass of Jilanuti (Timur's Gate) in the Turkestan Mountains, controlling the approach to the Zeravshan Valley, Samarkand and Bukhara.

The name Jizzakh derives from the Sogdian word for "small fort" and the present city is built of the site of the Sogdian town of Osrūshana. After the Arab conquest of Sogdiana, Jizzakh served as a market town between the nomadic raiders and settled farmers. The Arabs built a series of rabats (blockhouses) at Jizzakh, housing ghazis to protect the people. By the 19th century, these blockhouses had evolved into a major fortress for the Emirate of Bukhara. Russian General Mikhail Chernyayev, the “Lion of Tashkent” failed in his first attempt to take Jizzakh, but succeed in his second try, with a loss of 6 men, against 6000 dead for the defenders. The old town was mostly destroyed, its remaining inhabitants evicted, and Russian settlers brought in.^[2]

In 1916, Jizzakh was the center of an anti-Russian uprising, which was quickly suppressed. In 1917, Jizzakh most famous native son, Sharof Rashidov, future secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan, was born.

Modern Jizzakh is quietly tree-lined European, with almost nothing remaining of the pre-Rashidov era. The city has two universities, with a total of approximately 7,000 students, and is home to a football team, Sogdiana Jizzakh, which plays in the Uzbek League (Oliy Liga).  more about Jizzakh