Committee news

In January 2024, the share of retail trade amounted to almost three-quarters of the total volume of trade services, or, more precisely, 63.9 %.

On March 13, 2024, an online meeting was held between representatives of the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and employees of the Office of National Statistics of the United Kingdom to exchange experience in maintaining and system maintenance of statistical registers.

At the end of 2023, the gross added value of trade, accommodation and food services amounted to 72,382.4 billion soums.

According to preliminary data, in the Republic of Uzbekistan, by type of economic activity in 2023, the largest share of small businesses in GDP was in agriculture, forestry and fisheries – 95.6%, construction – 77%, services – 40.4% and industry – 21.4%.

In order to prepare for the census process in the regions, statistical agencies, together with mahalla 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.

As of March 1, 2024, 221,653 enterprises were registered in the republic in the trade sector.

As of January 1, 2024, the number of cows in all categories of farms in the republic reached 5.0 million heads and increased by 1.8 % compared to the corresponding period in 2023.

In the Republic of Uzbekistan in January 2024, large enterprises produced 116 tons of poultry sausages.

Through centralized sources of financing, in January-December 2023, 44.8 trillion soums of investments in fixed assets or 12.7 % were disbursed.

In January 2024, construction work worth 4.5 trillion soums was completed in the Republic of Uzbekistan on the construction of buildings and structures.

In February 2024, 65,529 live births were registered in the registry offices of the Republic.

In January 2024, 520.2 thousand foreign citizens entered the Republic of Uzbekistan for tourism purposes.

In January-December 2023, the volume of industrial production of small businesses amounted to 176,523.9 billion soums, or 113.9 % of the level of January-December 2022.

In January 2024, the volume of telecommunications services reached 1,542 billion soums.

On March 13, 2024, the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with experts from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), organized a meeting on the topic “Further improvement of the Open Data Portal and the use of artificial intelligence technologies in statistical system”.

In the Republic of Uzbekistan in January 2024, large enterprises produced 80.2 thousand tons of crushed stone.

Also at the webinar, the staff was explained in detail the procedure for high-quality preparation of statistical reports, integrated and systematic organization at the district/city-region-republic level and answers to their questions were given.

In 2023, the republic produced about 1.7 million tons of grapes.