TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, December 26. The share of
the shadow economy in Uzbekistan has been reduced from 45–50% to
28%, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said during his address to the
Oliy Majlis and the multinational people of Uzbekistan, Trend reports.


“To further strengthen efforts in this area, all public services
and utility payments, as well as transactions related to fuel,
alcohol, tobacco products, automobile trade, and real estate, will
be fully transferred to cashless payment systems starting in 2026,”
the head of state said.


President Mirziyoyev also stated that during the conduct of 17
types of inspections, including tax, customs, sanitary and
epidemiological, standards compliance, quarantine, construction
supervision, and fire safety inspections, among others, the
mandatory use of external surveillance cameras will be introduced
to ensure transparency and accountability.







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