THE HEAD OF KHATLON INSTRUCTED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF LAND FOR A CHINESE LEATHER AND WOOL PROCESSING PLANT A Chinese company intends to build a leather and wool processing plant in Khatlon. If the issue of allocating a land plot is resolved, then construction work and delivery of equipment will begin in June, the press service of the head of the Khatlon region reports. According to the press service, on May 27, the head of Khatlon Davlatali Said received the head of the Chinese industrial, technological and trading company Fuxing Xinida, Gao Jong Tao. Davlatali Said told the Chinese partners that the economic relations between the region and Chinese entrepreneurs are developing year after year. "Today, various Tajik-Chinese joint companies are operating in Khatlon, especially in the agricultural sector. The regional leadership is trying to create favorable opportunities for investors and help them," the press service quoted the head of Khatlon as saying. Gao Jong Tao, in turn, said that their company intends to build greenhouses in Khatlon, in addition to a leather and wool processing plant. Davlatali Said informed the Chinese that in 2023 alone, 1,140,3 thousand pieces of cattle and small cattle leather and 5,970 tons of wool were produced in Khatlon. "Unfortunately, only 0.4% of the leather and 1.2% of the wool were recycled. If you open this enterprise in our region, we will be able to provide the enterprise with raw materials," he said. Davlatali Said instructed the relevant persons to resolve the issue of allocating land for the construction of the plant in the near future.
