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UZBEKISTAN: 3.7 million tonnes of cotton harvested this year
This year the agricultural workers of Uzbekistan have harvested over 3.7 million tones of cotton. Speaking of the successes in cotton growing, President Karimov congratulated cotton farmers and all workers of Uzbekistan with this great achievement.
UZBEKISTAN: EU and United States should boycott Uzbek cotton
As much as 50 percent of Uzbekistan's cotton production involves child labor. In Uzbekistan, the second-largest cotton exporter in the world, under a scorching sun, children as young as seven can be seen picking cotton from bushes larger than themselves.
UZBEKISTAN: Cotton pickers to get better pay
Congratulating the nation on the 16th anniversary of sovereignty on August 31, President Islam Karimov has ordered a 20% pay-rise for cotton-pickers this season. Cotton-pickers on the border of Andijan region are entitled to 71 sums ($0.05) per every kilogram harvested and those in the inner
UZBEKISTAN: Daewoo purchases Fergana Textile plant
The South Korean company, Daewoo International purchased textile plant in Uzbekistan for $68 mln. It has reached a buy-sell agreement with the Uzbek National Foreign Economic Activity Bank on November 08 on the purchase of the Fergana Textile plant for $68 million...
UZBEKISTAN: Three new JVs for silk industry
Three new joint ventures producing silk were set up in Uzbekistan in the run-up to Independence Day marked on 1 September, the Mohiyat newspaper reported on 31 August.....
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