Key Points from President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s speech at the 6th open dialogue with entrepreneurs
19.08.2026
📌 Over the past five years, the loan portfolio allocated to businesses has nearly tripled, reaching 450 trillion soums. Entrepreneurs have benefited from 650 trillion soums in tax and customs incentives.
📌 The following programs will be introduced: “Business Start” for new entrepreneurs, “Business Lift” for those who have launched production, and “Business Growth” for businesses entering a new stage of development.
📌 The down payment for purchasing state assets will be reduced from 30 percent to 15 percent. Those who make full payment within six months will receive a 25 percent discount.
📌 For enterprises connected to the ASKUE and ASKUG systems that have maintained proper payment discipline, the down payment will be 15 percent.
📌 An “export navigator” system will be introduced to provide comprehensive support at every stage of entering foreign markets.
📌 Bringing the economy out of the “shadow economy” should not be achieved through inspections, but by guiding entrepreneurs and helping them learn how to operate properly.
📌 A three-year moratorium will be introduced on inspections of small businesses, except for inspections related to risks to human health or harm to the interests of other entrepreneurs.
📌 The amount of all types of fines will be reduced by an average of twofold.
📌 Starting next year, the “presumption of the entrepreneur’s legitimacy” will be introduced in disputes between entrepreneurs and the state.
📌 50 percent of government services related to entrepreneurship will be transferred to the “silence means consent” principle.
📌 Soon, licenses and permits for more than 30 types of activities will be abolished, while the processing time for another 35 types will be reduced by 2–3 times. 10 permits will be converted to a notification-based system.
📌 To further improve people’s quality of life, we must maintain high economic growth.