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Transport Communications and Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan TransportTransportTransport communicationscommunicationscommunications andandand projectsprojectsprojects ofofof thethethe RepublicRepublicRepublic ofofof UzbekistanUzbekistanUzbekistan TahirTahirAliev Aliev DeputyDeputy DirectorDirector Department,Department, MinistryMinistry ofof ForeignForeign EconomicEconomic Relations,Relations, InvestmentsInvestments andand Trade,Trade, RepublicRepublic ofof UzbekistanUzbekistan TransportTransport corridorscorridors ofof UzbekistanUzbekistan Riga Tallinn Klaypeda Brest RUSSIAN FEDERATION Brest BELARUS Chop Nahodka UKRAINE Ilichevsk MONGOLIA KAZAKHSTAN Poti Shanghai U TURKEY UZ ZBB EE KK IIISS TT AA NN CHINA IRAN AFGHANISTAN PAKISTAN Bandar INDIA Abbas Gvadar TransportTransport potentialpotential Map of major railway lines of Uzbekistan «Karakalpakia» Total railways length – 7 th. km Main – 5 th. km Aral Volume – 65 mln.tn sea 75% - export-import freights 90% - transit freights Чимбай KAZAKHSTAN UZBEKISTAN Nukus «Найманкуль » Uchkuduk «Шават » KYRGYZSTAN Urgench Мурунтау TASHKENT Ташкумир «Keles Namangan «Питнак» Ангрен Khanabad Andijan «Раз. №136 » Ош Гулистан Fergana Navoy Jizakh «Бекабад » TURKMENISTAN Bukhara Samarkand «Ходжадавлет» TAJIKISTAN Китаб TAJIKISTAN Карши Ташгузар Пункты пропуска с Kudukl i оборудованием «Раз. №155» Пункты пропуска без оборудования Kumkurgan Железные дороги Amuzang «Болдыр » Населенные пункты /станции AFGANISTAN Termez Construction of new railway lines Construction of Navoi- Uchkuduk - Sultanuizdag railway line with length of 341 km is completed in 2001 Construction of Guzar- Boysun - Kumkurgan railway line with length of 220 km is completed in 2007 Transafghan corridors UZBEKISTAN Tashkent TURKEY Bazargan Termez Mazari- Mashhad Sharif KABUL Tehran Termez – Herat Sangan Herat – Sangan AFGHANISTA N Тashkent – Herat – Bazargan Milak Delaram Kerman Тashkent – Herat Zahedan SA – Sangan – Bandar UD Abbas Тashkent – Herat I AR – Chabahar INDIA AB IA Bandar- Abbas Chabahar Gwadar Karachi New railway Hayraton – Mazar-e-sharif Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Termez Mazar-e- Sharif Hayraton Afghanistan Tajikistan Map of highways of international significance of the Republic of Uzbekistan Total length of motorways is 183 thousand km. Аральское General length – 43 th. km море International – 4 th. km Annual volume exp., imp., tranz. – 1 mln.tn Nukus UZBEKISTAN KAZAKHSTAN «Ходжейли» Uchkuduq KYRGYZSTAN Urgench «Гишт-куприк» «Навои» TASHKEN TТНаманган «Яллама » Андижан «Айбек» «Дустлик» Гулистан Fergana Navoy TURKMENISTAN Jizakh «Андархань» Bukhara Samarkand «Джартепо» TAJIKISTAN «Алат» Karshi Условные обозначения : «Сариасия» Пункты пропуска с оборудованием Пункты пропуска без оборудования Маршруты движения авто -лей Железные дороги Термез «Гульбахор» Населенные пункты «Хайратон» А Ф Г А Н И С Т А Н NewNew programsprograms 22 April 2009 was adopted Program on development of Uzbek national highway for the period up to 2014 with total length of 1501 km, including: Beyneu-Kungrad-Bukhara-Navoi-Samarqand- Tashkent-Andijan (Е-40) Bukhara-Alat (М-37) Bukhara-Karshi-Guzar-Termez & Samarqand- Guzar (М-39) GeographicalGeographical locationlocation closeclose toto thethe largestlargest marketsmarkets CA & Afghanistan: 90 mln. people CIS CIS: 250 mln. people Europe Moscow Central Asia & Minsk Afghanistan London Astana Berlin Kiev East Asia Paris Bishkek Beijing Tokyo Ankara Ashgabat Tehran Baghdad Seoul Jerusalem Kabul Amman Shanghai Doha Cairo Riyadh Abu Muscat South-East and Dhabi South Asia Manila Middle East Bangkok & Africa Phnom Penh Singapore Jakarta NavoiNavoi InternationalInternational AirportAirport 3,000km 2,000km 1,000km Navoi Dubai InternationalInternational logisticslogistics centerscenters International logistics centers (ILC) will serve as transshipment and transit - transfer base for all types of cargo, conveyed along regional transport corridors ILC will be established alongside major transit corridors NavoiNavoi AirportAirport HUBHUB -- A300A300 --600F600F OperationOperation Free Industrial Economic Zone “Navoi” Territory - 564 ha Electro technical products Telecommunication equipment Machinery, equipment and components Pharmaceuticals and medical goods Plastics goods and polymers Thank you for your attention!.
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