BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 16.
Kyrgyzstan is building the Asyl Teri leather processing plant in
the Chuy region, with a capacity of up to 1,000 cattle hides per
day, the Cabinet of Ministers said.
Special Representative of the President of the Kyrgyz
Republic for Special Assignments Bakyt Torobaev inspected the
construction progress at the Chuy Agro-Industrial Zone in the
Ysyk-Ata district on Oct. 15.
“The plant will have a capacity of up to 1,000 cattle
hides per day. The enterprise will provide at least 60 permanent
jobs and make it possible to establish hide processing across all
regions of the country, increase the output of higher value-added
products, and expand the export potential of the Kyrgyz Republic,”
the Cabinet said.
The plant is expected to introduce modern production
technologies and wastewater treatment systems. Torobaev instructed
responsible officials to ensure that construction is completed on
time and to the required quality standards. The statement did not
specify the completion date, the cost of the project, or the
investor.
Meanwhile, the Chuy region is located in northern Kyrgyzstan and
borders Kazakhstan. The Ysyk-Ata district is one of its
administrative districts. Livestock breeding is one of the
traditional branches of agriculture in Kyrgyzstan, and cattle hides
are a by-product of meat production.
The Chuy Agro-Industrial Zone is a site where processing
enterprises are located close to agricultural producers. The
leather plant is meant to allow hide processing across all regions
of the country and to increase the output of higher value-added
products.
