Industrial output in Uzbekistan reaches 33.59 trln. soums in 2010

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- In January-December 2010, the total volume of industrial output in Uzbekistan made up 33.58 trillion soums, or grew by 8.3% compared to January- December 2009, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

In the reporting period, the production of consumer goods made up 11.263 trillion soums (+12% year-on-year), of which share of food products was 4.711 trillion soums (+8.2%) and non-food products – 6.552 trillion soums (+14.9%).

Fuel industry (19.2% of total industrial output), machinery and metal processing (16.2%), light industry (13.4%) and food industry (12.6%) accounted largest share in total industrial production of Uzbekistan in the reporting period.

At the same time, the share of fuel industry fell by 1.3 percentage point year-on-year, machinery and metal processing – 0.2 percentage point. Share of light industry grew by 1.1 percentage point in 2010, the committee said.

In particular, fuel industry produced goods for 6.44 trillion soums (+3.5), machinery and metal processing – 5.433 trillion soums (11.6%), light industry – 4.49 trillion soums (+17.3%) and food industry – 4.232 trillion soums (+13.1%).

The structure of output of industrial products by branches (as % of total volume)