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On July 13, the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon ceremoniously opened a number of enterprises and workshops of Syrdarya LLC in the city of Khujand, the press service of the head of state reported.
At first, a plant for the production of construction polystyrene foam was put into operation. The new enterprise was built and equipped jointly with a group of entrepreneurs from Khujand. The plant is equipped according to European standards on an area of 0.31 hectares, including production and infrastructure facilities.
The construction of the enterprise was initiated on the instructions of the President during a working visit to the fruit and vegetable processing plant of the Syrdarya company on July 2, 2020. The enterprise, founded by local entrepreneurs, the Karimov brothers, has already begun work. The head of state got acquainted with the production process and highly appreciated the contribution of national entrepreneurs and specialists to the implementation of state tasks.
The new plant has implemented advanced global technology for the production of construction polystyrene foam. The raw material is polystyrene foam granules purchased under contracts from Iran and China. The production line is designed to produce up to 150 cubic meters of products. The plant is equipped with a waste-free technological scheme: production waste is processed on a separate line, new granules are made from them and again sent to production.
The plant's entrepreneurs and specialists also plan to recycle solid household waste, such as polystyrene (porous foam plastic), creating new industrial materials from them.
The opening of the enterprise is one of the first in its sector for the region and an important step in providing the domestic market with high-quality construction materials.
Previously, construction polystyrene foam was imported from abroad. The new plant is capable of producing 3,000 to 3,200 m³ of this building material monthly, and the annual production volume is up to 40,000 m³, and is already supplying products to the market.
The company has created a stable workplace with decent wages for local specialists and employees.
Then the President of Tajikistan remotely opened four more new production workshops of Syrdarya LLC. These workshops produce metal caps, soft drinks, process fruits and vegetables, and produce ice.
The company's entrepreneurs organized the import of technological lines and introduced the production of metal lids for cans with fruits and vegetables. The equipment produces two types of products: lids for glassware and twist-offs. The production potential of the workshop allows for the production of up to 50,000 pieces per day and up to 1.5 million lids per month – thus, domestic manufacturers make a significant contribution to the provision of the domestic market.
Metal lids for glass containers completely replace imported products. During the first five months of 2025, more than 282 tons of lids worth about $518,000 were imported into the country.
There are currently only two enterprises operating in the republic: Koshona Group LLC (Khujand) and Korkhonai Bosifat-Zubaydi LLC (Dushanbe), which together produced more than 6 million metal caps between January and May 2025.
The creation of new factories and workshops, where the production of five new types of industrial products has been established, will allow Syrdarya LLC to significantly increase the share of its products in the total volume of industrial production in Khujand.
Such initiatives of domestic entrepreneurs indicate that with the attention of the Government of the country, using state support for entrepreneurship and a favorable investment climate, the role and contribution of domestic entrepreneurs to the development of industry, trade, foreign economic relations, development and improvement of the Motherland is increasing.
On the domestic market, supplies of domestically produced metal caps amounted to 22.6%, while imports accounted for 77.4%. Thus, the initiative of entrepreneurs of the Syrdarya society of the city of Khujand was assessed as worthy in this direction.
Two production lines were installed for the production of soft drinks – one imported from China, the other from Europe. The first is designed for aluminum cans, the second for glass containers.
Modern equipment from Germany and China, together with the qualifications of specialists, ensures the production of high-quality products that meet international standards.
The new plant produces drinks with the taste of fruits, vegetables, and also with healing plant extracts.
The fruit and vegetable processing plant has successfully started operating, becoming the second such production facility in the Syrdarya company. The first plant has been operating since 2009 and is capable of processing up to 500 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables per season. With the launch of the second plant, total processing has reached 800 tons per season.
The use of modern European technologies has made it possible to increase processing volumes and ensure high quality and safety of products that meet standards.
In addition, local entrepreneurs built a plant for the production of edible ice – an auxiliary product for cooling drinks and storing perishable products in hot weather.
All four production facilities with a total area of 2,800 m² were created on the initiative of entrepreneurs.
The new workshops employ 30 local specialists and workers.
To ensure stable and adequate operation, power supply and heating infrastructure, roads, communications, technical and drinking water, as well as auxiliary facilities were built and modernized for all the company's enterprises.
Domestic entrepreneurs, promoting the development of industry, also make a significant contribution to the improvement of Khujand. Thanks to their support, roads and streets in the Razzok mahalla have been paved and illuminated, a brand store has been opened, and a cozy place for recreation for residents and visitors of the city has been equipped. A modern sports ground, built on the initiative of the Karimov brothers, has been erected on the banks of the Syr Darya — it provides excellent conditions for sports and holding mass events for young people.
At the initiative of the founders of OOO "Syrdarya", an artesian well 132 meters deep was drilled, providing clean drinking water. All food products of these workshops are produced on this water, which guarantees its high quality and compliance with sanitary standards.
Emomali Rahmon visited the exhibition of products of Syrdarya LLC, located on the territory of the new enterprise. The exhibition presented more than 25 types of products from domestic manufacturers: fruit and vegetable concentrates and purees, baby food, soft drinks in glass, aluminum and tetrapak packaging, metal lids, polystyrene foam, cardboard boxes and drinking water.
LLC "Syrdarya" makes a significant contribution to increasing the volume of industrial production, expanding the range of quality products, saturating the domestic market with domestic products and developing exports. Thus, the company purchased, processed and released in the form of canned goods more than 120 tons of fresh apricots from farms in the Asht and Bobojon Gafurov districts. In the first six months of this year, fruit and vegetable juices worth about 600,000 somoni were exported abroad.
