BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 22
By Klavdiya Romakayeva - Trend:
The physical volume of industrial production in Uzbekistan in January 2021 decreased by 1.2 percent, Trend reports referring to the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan.
According to the committee, last month, the volume of industry production in value terms amounted to 26.8 trillion soums ($2.5 billion), while the physical volume of industrial production fell by 0.2 percent in the mining industry and by 2.2 percent in the manufacturing industry.
In general, the country produced 4.77 billion cubic meters of natural gas, which is 4.35 percent less than in January 2020.
At the same time, coal production in Uzbekistan in January 2021 fell to 287,700 tons, or by 25.2 percent. It is noted that oil production reached increased by almost 5 percent, or 59,700 tons.
The committee also reported that the production of passenger cars fell from 22,000 to 5,200 cars, or by 4.2 times. In addition, only six buses were produced in January 2021. For comparison, 51 buses were produce in January 2020 and 74 buses in January 2019.
Earlier it was reported that the largest industrial production volume in value terms in Uzbekistan in 2020 fell on free economic zones (FEZ), amounting to 12.27 trillion soums ($1.2 billion).
It was reported that in 2020 Uzbekistan had 18 special economic zones (FEZ), 77 directorates of small industrial zones (SIZ), 10 technology parks and 420 clusters (clusters), which included 526 enterprises in FEZ, 1, 675 enterprises in SIZ, 484 enterprises in technology parks and 420 enterprises in clusters.
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