In Bukhara, 1.8 trillion soums of financial turnover in the housing sector were concealed.

At a videoconference meeting chaired by Shavkat Mirziyoyev on April 24, issues of combating the shadow economy in the country were critically discussed.

 

It was noted that last year a special decree was adopted in this direction, and systematic work began. Nevertheless, the results of the first quarter of 2026 showed that problems persist in some regions.

 

In particular, it was noted that the share of the non-observed economy exceeds 40 percent in Jizzakh region, Kashkadarya region, Namangan region, Samarkand region, Surkhandarya region, and Khorezm region, and exceeds 30 percent in Andijan region, Fergana region, and Bukhara region.

 

At the meeting, the situation in Bukhara region was analyzed separately, and it was reported that over 900 enterprises, which were indicated to have ceased operations last year, were found to have consumed 1.3 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and 480 thousand cubic meters of gas in January–February of this year.

 

It was also noted that as a result of informal transportation of goods by 12,500 vehicles, 40 billion soums in tax revenue were lost. It was reported that in the first quarter alone, 1 trillion 800 billion soums in cash turnover was concealed by understating housing prices.

 

At the end of the meeting, it was announced that a specific methodology for combating the shadow economy had been developed and provided to regional prosecutor's offices, internal affairs bodies, and tax departments, and that this system would now be implemented in all regions at the district level.