Problems of Creating Cotton-Textile Clusters in the Republic of Uzbekistan and Ways to Solve Them

This article substantiates the need to create cotton-textile clusters in order to increase the added value of raw cotton grown in Uzbekistan. Foreign and domestic experience in the use of clusters in the development of textile and clothing production is considered, and existing problems and factors influencing the creation of clusters are studied, a possible model for the formation of cotton-textile clusters in the light industry of Uzbekistan is proposed.