WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald

Trump's administration announced Thursday new deals to sell up

to 37 Boeing ( BA ) airplanes to airlines in the Central Asian nations

of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

The Commerce Department said Kazakhstan flag carrier Air

Astana plans to buy up to 15 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners

to grow and modernize its fleet.

The orders were signed at the C5+1 Summit in Washington on

the 10th anniversary of the diplomatic meeting of the leaders of

five Central Asian republics and the United States.

Air Astana currently operates three Boeing 767 widebody jets

connecting Kazakhstan with destinations in Europe, Asia and the

Middle East. The new planes will enable expansion into North

America, Boeing ( BA ) said.

Tajikistan's national carrier Somon Air plans to buy up to

14 Boeing ( BA ) airplanes including four 787s and 10 737 MAX

airplanes, Commerce said, while Uzbekistan Airways plans to buy

eight additional 787 planes.

Orders for new U.S.-made Boeing ( BA ) planes have featured heavily

in trade deals and negotiations with foreign governments and

Trump.

Boeing ( BA ) has won orders for hundreds of new airplanes this

year announced as part of trade agreements.

One big order not yet finalized is with China. Boeing ( BA ) is in

talks to sell as many as 500 jets to China, Reuters reported in

September, which would represent a major breakthrough for the

company in the world's second-largest aviation market, where

orders have stalled amid U.S.-China trade tensions.