Apparel Textile Sourcing Uzbekistan 2026 has opened its doors, and Chinese textile and apparel companies are using the fair to press for growth across Central Asia, Macau Business reports.

The trade show positions Tashkent as a regional meeting point between Asian suppliers and Central Asian manufacturers at a moment when buyers are widening their country mix beyond China and Vietnam. Uzbekistan itself has spent recent years rebuilding a cotton textile export base after the end of forced-labour-driven boycotts, and events of this type are where supplier relationships in that recovery get contracted.

Who is driving the interest?

According to the report, Chinese companies see Central Asia as a growth market — both as a destination for fabric, machinery and trims, and as a potential production base closer to Russian, Turkish and Middle Eastern buyers.

What should sourcing desks watch?

• Exhibitor-to-buyer fit: whether the Chinese supplier presence translates into confirmed fabric and trim contracts with Uzbek garment factories, or stays at the prospecting stage.
• Rule-of-origin mechanics: any shift of cut-make-trim into Uzbekistan will be judged against tariff lines in target markets, including EU GSP+ preferences.
• Compliance traceability: cotton content claims from Uzbekistan still need documentation chains that satisfy buyer audit programmes.

Macau Business reported only the fair's opening and the Chinese exhibitor interest; it published no order volumes, headcount or exhibitor figures.

The sourcing decision

For buyers weighing Central Asian capacity, the fair forces a concrete question: send a scouting team to Tashkent to map factory capability now, or wait until Chinese-financed capacity in Uzbekistan has audit histories that procurement teams can actually underwrite.