On November 8, Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan Jamshid Khojayev received Vladislav and Tatyana Bakalchuk, the founders of Wildberries, one of the largest international marketplaces, the press service of the ministry reports.
The meeting discussed the growing demand in the e-commerce market of Uzbekistan which is expected to reach 1 billion dollars by the end of the year due to the speedy wide coverage of the Internet and a large number of young active users.
The sides reached an agreement to establish the Wildberries logistics complex, which can provide all relevant services, as well as a sorting centre with "one-stop" services of customs and certification authorities to simplify the procedure for registering goods.
The total cost of the project is 130 million dollars. 5,000 new jobs will be created when the project starts.
Wildberries was founded in 2004 and today is the largest online hypermarket in a universal format. Products of the world's most famous brands of clothes, shoes, electronics, children's and household goods are sold through the marketplace.
Today, Wildberries operates in 20 countries of the world, including Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Germany, France, Great Britain, Baltic countries, the USA and many other countries.
The company informed "Daryo" that it launched its operations in Uzbekistan in February 2022.
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