Geography
Industry of Uzbekistan
The industry of Uzbekistan has developed on the basis of its raw material wealth (gas, gold, copper, cotton).
Energy and metallurgy
- TPPs (thermal power plants): Syrdarya, Tolimarjan (Kashkadarya), Navoi, Tashkent, Angren.
- HPPs: Charvak HPP on the Chirchiq River, Farhod HPP.
- Almalyk MMC: copper.
- Navoi MMC: gold. Uranium is also mined in the Navoi region: since 2022, this work has been carried out by a separate state enterprise, "Navoiyuran".
Mechanical engineering and chemicals
- Asaka (Andijan): automobile manufacturing. Samarkand: buses and trucks.
- Tashkent: agricultural machinery and other machine-building enterprises. In the past, aircraft were also produced in Tashkent.
- Mineral fertilizers: Chirchiq, Fergana, Navoi, Samarkand, Almalyk.
- Kungrad: soda plant.
Light industry and food industry
- Cotton ginning and textiles: Tashkent, the Fergana Valley, Bukhara, Khorezm.
- Silk, canned fruits and vegetables, flour and oil production.
- Instead of exporting raw cotton fiber, the export of finished fabric and clothing is being developed.
| City / enterprise | Specialization |
|---|---|
| Almalyk | copper |
| Navoi | gold (Navoi MMC), uranium (Navoiyuran), chemicals |
| Asaka | automobile manufacturing |
| Kungrad | soda |
| Chirchiq | mineral fertilizer |
- Kungrad: soda plant, not automobiles. Do not confuse it with Asaka.
- Tolimarjan TPP is in Kashkadarya.