{"id":1146849,"date":"2026-01-16T09:46:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.app.com.pk\/national\/kazakhstan-expands-business-footprint-in-uzbekistan-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:46:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:46:36","slug":"kazakhstan-expands-business-footprint-in-uzbekistan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/kazakhstan-expands-business-footprint-in-uzbekistan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan expands business footprint in Uzbekistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ASTANA, Jan 16 (Kazinform\/APP) : As of early December 2025, 1,199 Kazakhstan-invested companies are operating in Uzbekistan,\u00a0Qazinform\u00a0News Agency reports.<br \/>\nAccording to Uzbekistan&#8217;s National Statistics Committee, Kazakhstan currently ranks fourth in the number of foreign-invested enterprises, trailing only China, Russia, and T\u00fcrkiye.<br \/>\nThe trade sector remains the primary driver of Kazakh business activity, accounting for 492 enterprises. The industrial sector also holds a significant share with 129 companies. Additionally, a notable Kazakh presence is observed in information and communications (127), construction (82), and other economic sectors (263).<br \/>\nKazakh business interests also extend into other niche sectors, including hospitality and catering (39), transportation and warehousing (33), and agriculture, forestry, and fisheries industries (21). Moreover, 13 companies are active in the healthcare and social services field.<br \/>\nIndustry experts maintain that the rising volume of joint ventures and the broadening of cooperation spheres reflect a high level of mutual trust between entrepreneurs of the two nations. Furthermore, this trend highlights the increasing investment appeal of Uzbekistan.<br \/>\nAs reported earlier,\u00a0Uzbekistan and India are increasing flight frequency and expanding the route network.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kazakhstan expands business footprint in Uzbekistan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1146895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_speechable_audio":"","_speechable_word_timings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[4122,4123],"post_template":[],"top_category":[],"class_list":["post-1146849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global","tag-business-footprint","tag-qazinform-news-agency","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1146849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1146895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1146849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146849"},{"taxonomy":"post_template","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_template?post=1146849"},{"taxonomy":"top_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/top_category?post=1146849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}