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In order to increase the share of the service sector in the country's economy, expand types and improve their quality, as well as to further support business entities in this direction, by Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated May 11, 2021 No. PP-5113 “On measures for the accelerated development of the service sector” target parameters for the development of the service sector in our country have been approved and their monitoring has been provided for.

From April 15 to 19, 2024, a regional seminar on calculating housing price indices organized by the International Monetary Fund was held in Tbilisi (Gruziya).

According to preliminary data, in January–March 2024, all categories of farms in the republic produced 544.8 thousand tons of meat in live weight.

The share of small businesses in the Republic of Uzbekistan for January-December 2023 in the total volume of industrial production amounted to 26.9 %, of which the largest share is accounted for by small enterprises (14.7 %).

In January-February 2024, rental and rental services reached 1,349.9 billion soums, their share in the total volume of services amounted to 1.7 %.

In order to prepare for the census process in the regions, statistical agencies, together with makhalla activists, are working on the basis of a schedule to study the status of setting the numbers of unnumbered houses in the mahalla and the condition of streets without nameplates.

Today, there are 62.8 thousand industrial enterprises in the republic, of which 11.0 thousand (17.5% of the total number of operating enterprises) are in Tashkent city, 6.7 thousand (10.6%) in Fergana, 6.6 thousand (10.5%) - Tashkent, 5.5 thousand (8.8%) - Samarkand and 5.1 thousand (8.2%) - Andijan. region.

According to sample household surveys from the Statistics Agency, as of January-December 2023, the share of the population 10 years and older using the Internet to obtain information about goods or services was 12.0 %.

At the end of 2023, gross value added created in the service sector amounted to 437.8 trillion soums and, compared to 2022, increased in real terms by 6.8 %.

In January-February 2024, 155.9 thousand citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan entered the Republic of Uzbekistan for tourism purposes.

As of April 1, 2024, the total number of enterprises and organizations engaged in construction activities in the Republic of Uzbekistan amounted to 31 703 units.

As of April 1, 2024, the permanent population of the Republic of Uzbekistan amounted to 36,963.3 thousand people, of which 18,608.7 thousand (50.3 %) were men, 18,354.6 thousand (49.7 %) - women.

As of March 1, 2024, 44,077 units were registered. business entities in the accommodation and food services industry.

In the Republic of Uzbekistan, in January-February 2024, large enterprises produced 16,581.2 thousand pairs of socks; compared to the corresponding period in 2023, production volume increased by 26.8 %.

In January-February 2024, the highest share of investments from the own funds of enterprises and organizations was noted in the Andijan region, where it amounted to 48.9% of their total volume.

In January-February 2024, the highest share of construction work performed by type of activity, construction of civil facilities, was noted in Samarkand (64.9 %), Syrdarya (53.1%) and Khorezm (29.7 %) regions.

On April 19 of this year, a webinar was organized at the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for employees of the department for dealing with appeals from individuals and legal entities and control of performance discipline of the Department of Statistics of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions and the city of Tashkent on the status of ongoing work on handling appeals and control of performance discipline and further priorities.

In January-February 2024, the volume of telecommunications services reached 3,042.7 billion soums.