Turkey's Anadolu Isuzu buys majority stake in previously state-owned Uzbek carmaker
11/12/2025 12:16
TASHKENT, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Turkey's Anadolu Isuzu ASUZU.IS has acquired a 75.2% stake in previously state-owned carmaker SamAuto for $80 million, Uzbek authorities said on Thursday. Uzbekistan's State Assets Management Agency said that Anadolu Isuzu had pledged to invest an additional $80 million in the facility. The agency said in a statement that the move would "create a regional transport hub in Uzbekistan", exporting buses to Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. SamAuto's minority shareholders are Japan's Itochu Corporation and Isuzu Motors Ltd, each holding 12.4%. Uzbekistan has pursued a programme of economic reform since President Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power in 2016, even as politics in the country of almost 40 million people remains tightly controlled. (Reporting by Muhammadsharif Mamatkulov. Writing by Felix Light. Editing by Mark Potter)
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