BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 5
By Klavdiya Romakayeva - Trend:
The volume of construction work carried out by large construction organizations in Uzbekistan from January through September this year amounted to 18,168 billion soums ($1.75 billion), Trend reports citing State Statistics Committee.
The growth rate of construction work compared to the same period in 2019 amounted to 29.8 percent, and their share in the total volume increased by 4.5 percent and amounted to 27.9 percent.
The largest share of construction work performed by large construction organizations in the total volume of construction work falls on Tashkent city (25.3 percent) followed by the Navoi region (23 percent) and Tashkent region (20.1 percent).
As of October 1, 2020, the number of enterprises and organizations in the construction sector reached 39,900 units, and, compared to the same period last year, it increased by 4,200 units.
The main factor in the growth in the number of construction enterprises and organizations was the increase in specialized works by 6.3 percent (their share of the total number amounted to 58 percent).
In the construction of civilian facilities, the number of enterprises and organizations increased by 21.2 percent (the share of them of the total number accounted for 9.4 percent), while in the construction of buildings and structures their number increased by 19.6 percent (the share of their total number reached 32.6 percent).
The volume of construction work performed by small and micro-enterprises compared with other organizations for 9M2020 decreased. Their share amounted to 54.8 percent of the total, which is 1.3 percent less if compared with the same period last year.
Thus, the volume of construction work performed by them amounted to 35,700 billion soums ($3.44 billion), and in relation to 9M2019, the growth rate reached 6.5 percent.
In addition, the volume of construction work completed in Uzbekistan for 9M2020 amounted to 65,154 billion ($6,28 billion), and the growth rate in relation to the corresponding period of 2019 reached 8.6 percent.
Construction work in Uzbekistan as a whole, carried out by state organizations reached 2,731 billion soums ($264 million), the volume of construction work performed by non-governmental organizations amounted to 62,422 billion soums ($6.2 billion), and their share is 4.2 percent and 95.8 percent, respectively.
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