TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, May 24. According to preliminary data, Uzbekistan's enterprises manufactured industrial products worth 227.8 trillion soums ($17.8 billion) from January through April 2024, Trend reports.
The data from Uzbekistan’s Statistics Agency shows that this figure is 27.2 percent higher year-on-year (179 trillion soums, or $14 billion in January–April 2024).
In the structure of production, the largest specific weight falls on the enterprises of the manufacturing industry, the output of which amounted to 184 trillion soums ($14.4 billion). The mining and quarrying industry ranks second with a production volume worth 21.6 trillion soums ($1.69 billion) during this period. Uzbekistan’s electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply production reached 20.8 trillion soums ($1.62 billion), while water supply, sewerage, waste collection, and utilization totaled 1.4 trillion soums ($109.6 million).
Among the country’s regions, the city of Tashkent accounts for the largest volume in the total volume of industrial production - 42.7 trillion soums ($3.34 billion). The Navoi region accounted for 39.7 trillion soums ($3.1 billion), and the Tashkent region - for 35 trillion soums ($2.7 billion) from January through April 2024.
Meanwhile, Uzbekistan's enterprises manufactured industrial products worth 166.4 trillion soums ($13.1 billion) in the first quarter of 2024, which is more than 27 percent year-on-year (131 trillion soums, or $10.3 billion in January–March 2024).
In the structure of production, the largest specific weight falls on the enterprises of the manufacturing industry, the output of which amounted to 132.4 trillion soums ($10.4 billion).
