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ComplianceUpdated 09.09.2026

How does a foreign investor exit and take their money out?

Short answer

The right to stop is in the law, and so is free repatriation of what comes back — in money or in kind.

The rightA foreign investor has the right to terminate investment activity in Uzbekistan (Investment Law, Art. 18 — lex.uz ↗)
What comes outFree repatriation of the resulting assets, in money or in kind (Investment Law, Art. 18 — lex.uz ↗)
Subject toObligations to Uzbekistan and to other creditors (Investment Law, Art. 18 — lex.uz ↗)
On leaving a companyThe investor takes their share of its property in money or in kind at market value (Investment Law, Art. 56 — lex.uz ↗)
On liquidationAssets are taxed, and the remainder split in proportion to shares — unless the founding documents provide otherwise (Investment Law, Art. 56 — lex.uz ↗)
And the transferProceeds of selling all or part of the investment are inside the transfer guarantee (Investment Law, Art. 17 — lex.uz ↗)
What the law provides

Leaving is written as a right rather than as a permission. A foreign investor may terminate investment activity in Uzbekistan, and after doing so has the right to free repatriation — in money or in kind — of the assets obtained as a result, without prejudice to their obligations towards Uzbekistan or other creditors. Where the exit is from a company rather than from the country, an investor withdrawing from an enterprise with foreign investments, or on its liquidation, has the right to the return of their share of the property in money or in goods at market value. (Investment Law, Arts. 18, 56 — lex.uz ↗)

The money side connects to the general guarantee: proceeds from the sale of all or part of a foreign investment are one of the enumerated categories that transfer freely in foreign currency once tax is paid. On liquidation the enterprise’s assets are taxed first, and what remains is distributed among participants in proportion to their shares in the property unless the founding documents say otherwise. (Investment Law, Arts. 17, 56 — lex.uz ↗)

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