A 10 November presidential decree opens New Tashkent and Samarkand’s Shirin zone to mega-investors with land at $1 per square metre, a 1% profit-tax rate for up to fifteen years, customs-free equipment imports and permission to build around the clock.
A presidential decree signed on 10 November establishes a hokimiyat for New Tashkent before the territory is formally designated, with its chief appointed directly by the president and running costs covered by the national budget.
