Baku, Azerbaijan, January 18
Trend:
Uzbekistan in 2018 obtained over 107 billion soums worth of investments in fixed assets out of which 60.7 percent, or some 65 billion soums were raised funds and 39.3 percent (some 42 billion) were own funds of enterprises and organizations, Trend reports via UzDaily.uz.
According to the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan, of the total amount of investments, over 34 billion soums fell on centralized investments, while over 72 billion soums fell on decentralized investments.
Furthermore, at the expense of own funds of enterprises and organizations, over 30 billion soums of investments in fixed capital were utilized.
Under the guarantee of Uzbekistan, foreign loans were disbursed by some 16.6 billion soums and increased by 15.5 percent of total investments, in comparison with 2017.
The highest rates and growth of financing investments sources in fixed assets were observed for foreign loans which increased by 2.8 times, compared to the same period last year.
The decline in investment growth was noted in the Bukhara region with 50.4 percent compared to the corresponding period of last year, which is associated with construction of gas processing complex. Tashkent still leads with 20.4 percent of the total investment in fixed assets.