The growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Uzbekistan made up 8% in January-June 2013, the session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan dedicated to the social-economic development of the country in the first half of 2013.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea Lee Wook-heon on 28 June 2013.
Enterprises of Uzbekyengilsanoat state joint stock company (Uzbekistan Light Industry) produced industrial goods for 761.8 billion soums in January-May 2013, which grew by 19% year-on-year, the first deputy chairperson of Uzbekyengilsanoat Maqsudjon Mansurov said.
On June, 4-6, 2013 the Textile Forum was held in Tashkent to reveal opportunities of investments into the light industry of Uzbekistan.
