IFC Investments in Uzbekistan (selected)

Year	Project	Project Cost* (million USD)	IFC Financing* (million USD)	Project Description
2002	Central Asia Facility	118.0	45.0	Loan to the Central Asia Micro and Small Enterprise Facility, to increase availability of funds for small enterprises by creating specialized micro and small business finance windows at selected local banks.
2000/2002	UZBEK LEASING	9.4	2.8	Uzbek Leasing International will lease equipment to small and medium enterprises.
1999/2002	Asaka Bank	15.0	15.0	Credit lines for on-lending to small and medium enterprises.
2000	SEAF  Central Asia Small Enterprise Fund	20.0	2.5	SEAF Central Asia Enterprise Fund LLC will provide equity, quasi-equity, debt financing, and technical and managerial
2001	SEF Hamkorbank	2.0	1.0	Will provide long-term subloans to small and medium enterprises to help develop nascent Uzbek private sector.
2001	SEF Parvina	2.5	1.0	Commercial bank in Samarkand will provide long-term financing for fledgling small business community in Samarkand and Andijan regions.
2000	SEF Asia Granite	5.9	1.7	Will establish granite processing plant in existing building in Tashkent.
2000	NBU-SME	15.0	15.0	Provide term finance to SMEs to support their growth and development.
1999	SEF Elma Cheese	1.5	0.6	Uzbek/Dutch joint venture (JV) to set up a cheese processing plant.
1998	UzCase Agrolease	17.5	6.0	Interrelated JV projects with U.S.-based Case Corporation for founding agriculture equipment leasing company, service stations for agriculture machinery, and localization of production of certain agriculture machinery.
1998	UzCase Service	14.5	3.8
1998	UzCase Mash	28.4	9.4
1997	SEF Fayz	4.8	2.4	Support to the local largest furniture manufacturing enterprise.
1997	Core Pharm	12.0	3.9	Uzbek-Indian JV plant for production of intravenous fluids and generic pharmaceuticals.
1996	ABN-Amro Uzbekistan	24.0	0.6	Establishment of the first JV international commercial bank in Uzbekistan.

* Project cost and IFC financing refer to amounts approved by the IFC's Board.