Uzbekistan’s Interior Ministry seized 9,139 LPG cylinders and 92.9 tonnes of gas in October after finding 374 cases of illegal storage and sale, with gas company employees implicated in some thefts. Interior Minister Aziz Tashpulatov chaired a meeting ordering transparent accounting and tighter logistics controls as a new LPG-Trade subsidiary prepares to buy fuel through the commodity exchange.
Uzbekistan’s Interior Ministry has sent inspectors to gas stations and coal warehouses across Surkhandarya and Bukhara regions, following a three-day sweep in October that found 120-plus cases of illegal cylinder handling and removed 13.6 tonnes of LPG from unlawful circulation.
Interior Minister Aziz Tashpulatov has issued enforcement directives to gas and coal distributors after more than 333 tonnes of coal and 9,139 cylinders were seized from illegal circulation in a single month.
A Norma.uz-compiled package of changes taking effect 1 November 2026 covers a 20% customs fee cut on courier parcels, proactive pension delivery, exchange-only LPG trading, expanded police response obligations, a ban on late-night promotional calls and new SMS advertising consent rules.
Hududgaztaminot has closed 471 illegal LPG outlets and opened 19 criminal cases after more than 3,000 raids uncovered 1,217 violations and the theft of 1,400 tonnes of gas in under two years.
