Enterprise Uzbekistan plans to establish a regulatory sandbox for testing technological products within a special technology jurisdiction that will operate based on the principles of English and Welsh common law. This was announced by the Executive Director of Enterprise Uzbekistan, Farrohod Ibragimov, during the opening of the Enterprise Uzbekistan 2026 Summit in Tashkent.
According to Ibragimov, the President of Uzbekistan signed a constitutional law on August 16 establishing a special legal regime for the center until 2100, guaranteeing that the benefits provided under this regime will not be downgraded or prematurely revoked.
Disputes involving participants of the center will be heard by the Tashkent International Commercial Court, while decisions of the center's administration can be appealed to an independent court.
Ibragimov noted that he took over as head of Enterprise Uzbekistan three weeks ago, having previously spent ten years developing Uzbekistan's technology sector, including work at IT Park Uzbekistan. He emphasized that detailed regulations and legislative provisions governing the center's activities are still being developed, and urged summit participants to submit their proposals and comments via the official Enterprise Uzbekistan website before leaving Tashkent.
Sultonmurod Rasulov, Head of the Department of Strategic Development and Partnerships at Enterprise Uzbekistan, who moderated the summit, provided additional information about this jurisdiction. According to him, English is the official language of documentation within the center. The regulatory sandbox will allow for the testing of technological products, with cloud storage and data processing permitted provided security requirements are met.
The jurisdiction will also provide more flexible employment conditions for foreign specialists. Residents of the center will receive a guarantee of one hundred percent foreign ownership of their business, as well as the ability to use investment instruments familiar to foreign investors and hire employees in accordance with international labor standards.
Within the center, only three taxes will apply: VAT, corporate income tax, and personal income tax. Profits from priority activities of the center and sales both abroad and within the center will be exempt from corporate income tax and subject to a zero VAT rate. Highly qualified foreign specialists may receive a zero personal income tax rate on salary and dividends.
Foreign specialists will be issued visas valid for up to three years without needing to leave the country for renewal and without requiring a separate work permit.
Rasulov also presented statistics on Uzbekistan's technology sector. Approximately 150,000 people are employed in the ICT sector, and the number of countries purchasing Uzbek technological services has increased from eight to 94 in less than ten years. IT service exports exceeded 1 billion US dollars last year.
He added that the digital sector grew by almost 25% annually over the past five years, which is approximately three and a half times faster than the entire economy. Over 120,000 students are studying in the country's universities in IT-related fields, and nearly nine out of ten residents use the internet.
Furthermore, it was noted that over 30 startups have attracted more than 600 million dollars in investments, the valuation of the country's startup ecosystem reached about 4.3 billion dollars, and the analytical platform Dealroom ranked Uzbekistan first among the countries it tracks for venture capital growth rates in its 2026 report.