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Uzbekistan-U. S. Economic Relations: Problems and Perspectives
An Independent Study by Mamurjon Rahimov,
Economics Department, the University
 of Illinois at Chicago
Foreword
            A lot of foreign and international companies and organizations have long been reluctant to rely on Uzbek statistical data. In fact, right before the brake-up of the Soviet Union, there was a large investigation by authorities from Moscow about notorious statistics manipulation by Uzbeks in cotton production and delivery to Russian textile factories. Millions of rubles (Soviet currency) changed hands, echelons of EMPTY trains traveled all the way to Moscow, large amounts of bribes were paid to special interest groups, mafia was involved - and at the end the cotton in the statistics was never produced. Therefore it was labeled "Pahta Ishi" (i.e. Cotton Conspiracy). The main investigator, Mr. Gdlian died in an airplane crush - reportedly set up after the roots of the case led him back to Moscow.
            Therefore, I did insert some key data, and proceeded on to "paint" a big picture of the situation. Besides simple statistics such as population size, inflation, unemployment, and many other key statistics have been extensively manipulated. I myself started working for the largest new economic sector of Uzbekistan - automotive industry in 1999. As an insider I learnt grave violations in simple economic statistics such as: Cars produced in Uzbekistan were shipped out of the country, and their dollar amount was immediately written down as AUTOMOTIVE EXPORTS - regardless they were never sold. I was told by a witness who traveled to Russia, main market for Uzbek cars, that thousands (!) of cars shipped there in 1997 were rotting in storage places - under snow and rain! Is that exports? Main website for info on Uzbekistan, www.gov.uz has economic data up to 2001. Most other sources make their own estimates. Therefore I did not concentrate on statistics and went on to highlight major issues.


Summary
Uzbekistan is a key US ally in the Central Asian region in the international war against terrorism  efforts to counter illegal narcotic traffic and also is an important U. S. economic partner in this region.  Uzbekistan continues to rebuild its economy after gaining its independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991.  Improving international trade ties and attracting more foreign direct investment into the country remain on the top list for policy makers of Uzbekistan, and policymakers there are attempting to design strategies to boost Uzbekistan’s international competitiveness. 

Introduction
The United States and Uzbekistan have maintained close relations since Uzbekistan gained its independence in 1991, cooperating in a large array of areas, such as defense and security, designing measures against illegal narcotics trafficking, liberalization of trade, promotion of democracy in the