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

Trump's administration announced on Thursday new deals to sell

up to 37 Boeing ( BA ) jets 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 ) planes, including four 787-9s and 10 737 MAX

airplanes, Commerce said, while Uzbekistan Airways converted

options into a firm order for eight 787 Dreamliners, upping the

flag carrier's total orders to 22 for the widebody jets.

Somon currently operates six Boeing 737 NG airplanes to

25 destinations. It is the airline's first-ever widebody order,

and Somon will use the planes to launch intercontinental routes

from Dushanbe, the Tajikistan capital.

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, according to a

report 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.