Uzbekistan has attracted $548 million in loans from international financial organisations and foreign state funds in January-April 2021, the country’s Ministry for Investments and Foreign Trade said.

The loans are part of the funds to be allocated to implement 113 investment projects worth $14.8 billion, it said, adding that the annual forecast for attraction of loans for these projects is $2.9 billion.

The main share of disbursed loans came from the Asian Development Bank – 20.4 percent, the World Bank – 13.1 percent, Islamic Development Bank – 8.8 percent. The rest came from Chinese banks and international development agencies as well as from Japanese development agencies.

The funds were invested in projects in energy (41.9 percent), agriculture (17.1 percent), transport (14.2 percent), healthcare (11.5 percent), and housing and education sectors.