Andrey Barannik, the International Consultant in Uzbekistan came to its end

On 12th of December, 2006 mission of Andrey Barannik, the International Consultant in Uzbekistan came to its end. He was involved in elaboration of “Export Guide”, developed by the group of national experts within the framework of joint project “Business Forum of Uzbekistan” of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Uzbekistan and UNDP.

Within the framework of the current mission Mr. Barannik has conducted several meetings with managers of UNDP and CCI, representatives of international organizations, governmental agencies and private sector. Moreover, Mr. Barannik participated in a working meeting of CCI management and representatives of governmental and private sector of Uzbekistan on creation of Expert Council on Development of Foreign Trade and Export Promotion, conducted by the BFU project. Within the framework of the current working meeting Mr. Barannik presented updated structure of “Export Guide”. In his presentation on the theme “Updated structure and directions for further elaboration of final version of Export Guide” International Consultant compared structures of initial and updated versions of the Guide. Remarking complexity and quality of the initial document, International Consultant expressed importance of developing document taking into account international experience, particularly experience of those countries that already have this kind of Guides. He stated that all these actions should be carried out considering accessibility for users and range of questions of exporting to foreign countries and possible ways of financing exporting those goods and services that are produced domestically.

At the end of the discussion on the structure of updated Guide, International Consultant and participants of the meeting agreed with the proposal of Mr. Atakhanov, the representative of “Bursel-TashkentTextile” Company on effectiveness of adding the information about certification procedures of exporting goods into the Guide. Proposal of Mr. Atakhanov about simplifying the Guide, so that it is also practically easy to use, was also approved, thus International Consultant agreed to consider it in accomplishment of the document.
Mr. Haydvaliev, representative of GJSC “Uzbekengilsanoat” offered to include sample of exporting contracts in English language for foreign companies. International Consultant has informed that links to internet sites with English language interface will be also provided to appendix of this document.

Offer of Mr. Ganiev, who is the manager of UNDP project on investments about enriching document with the information important for the foreign importers, interested in exporting goods from Uzbekistan, and consequently, preparation of related chapters of the Guide in English language was also discussed. In order to inform potential foreign importers, manager of the project has proposed to include in the document the list of goods being exported. As the result of discussing this issue, participants decided to include the list in “Catalogue of Exporters”, which is placed in internet site www.exim.uz. Besides, other issues related to structure of “Export Guide” were also discussed, thus International Consultant and other bodies involved to the project expressed their readiness to consider them in development of the document.
At the end of the working meeting Mr. Shaykhov, the Chairman of CCI thanked participants for active involvement in developing of this document and said that he hopes that the same activeness will continue in contribution to the implementation of BFU project in the future.