China's Exim Bank Loans to Create Food Transport Center in Bukhara (Linked to #54125)

In 2016, China's Xinjiang Silu Changlong Investment Co., Ltd committed to implementing, with the Ministry of Economy of Uzbekistan, a food transport center in Bukhara, Uzbekistan for the production, processing, and exportation of agricultural products. Total foreign financing will be $28.7 million; news sources report that this consists of investment by Xinjiang Silu Changlong Investment Co., Ltd. (project #54125) and a loan from the Eximbank of China, captured in this project. The breakdown of this financing is unclear. For the purpose of this project, $28.7 million has been coded as the transaction amount for the linked project, so as not to be double counted. The project will include a modern logistics center; 2 plants for processing of fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products; a factory for the production of cardboard and plastic boxes; 4 refrigerators; energy efficient green houses; plant orchards using intensive technologies; and 20 refrigerated MAN trucks. The initial capacity of the project will be 10,000 products annually, and all fruits & vegetables will be exported.

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