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Economy 21/02/2013 Uzbekistan produces agriculture products for 24.37 trln. soums
Uzbekistan produces agriculture products for 24.37 trln. soums
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The gross agricultural output in Uzbekistan made up 24.37 trillion soums in 2012 or grew by 7% year-on-year, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

Share of plant-growing made up 14.155 trillion soums (+7%) and animal husbandry – 10.215 trillion soums (+7.1%).

Share of dehkan farms in total volume of agriculture production made up 63.5% in 2012 (63.7% in 2011) and farms – 34.4% (34.1%), as well as agriculture enterprises – 2.1% (2.2%).

Plant-growing

In January-December 2012, the share of crop production in total agricultural output was 58.1% against 57.8% in 2011.

Total sown area of agricultural crops for the yield of 2012 in farms of all types was 3.627 million hectares.

The area under grains was 1.627 million hectares (1.3% more than in 2011), including wheat – 1.404 million hectares (-2%).

The area under allocated under cotton made up 1.308 million hectares (-1.6%). Areas allocated to potatoes rose 3.4%, vegetables – 4.7%. Areas for melons and gourds increased by 17% and forage crops – 0.2%.

In 2012, all categories of farms thrashed 7.515 million tonnes of grain, of which 6.794 million tonnes were grain products, including 6.612 million tonnes of wheat.

In the reporting period, Uzbekistan produced 2.056 million tonnes of potatoes, 7.766 million tonnes of melons and gourds, 2.053 million tonnes of fruits and berries, and 1.205 million tonnes of grapes.

Animal husbandry

In 2012, the share of animal production in total agricultural output was 41.9%.

As of 1 January 2013, the population of cattle increased by 498,800 heads (by 5.2%), including cows by 56,800 heads (1.5%), sheep and goats - by 941,700 heads (5.8%), poultry - by 4.755 million heads (11.1%).

In the total stock, the share of cattle in dekhkan farms was 93.8%, in private farms – 5.2%, cows – 94.5% and 4.7%, sheep and goats – 82.7% and 7.4%, pigs – 80.9% and 8.6, poultry – 64.1% and 12.1% respectively.

Last year farms of all types produced 1,673 million tonnes of meat in living weight (7% more than in 2011), 7.311 million tonnes of milk (8.1%), 3.874 billion eggs (12.6%), 31,100 tonnes of wool (8.3%), and 1,117 million pieces of karakuls (9.3%).

The share of dekhkan farms in total production of meat was 94.7%, milk – 95.9%, and eggs – 54.6%, wools – 86.1% and karakul – 66.8%.

Private farms

The output produced by private farms in January-December 2012 was 8.377 trillion soums or rose by 5.9% year-on-year. Share of farms in total agriculture output was 34.4%.

Total area of lands, issued to farmers, made up 5.854 million hectares, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

As of 1 January 2013, the number of cattle in private farms was 524,900, including cows by 183,100, sheep and goats – by 1.267 million, poultry – by 5.74 million.

Compared to 2011, the number of cattle in private farms has increased by 17,700 (by 3.5%), including cows by 9,100 (by 5.2%), sheep and goats – by 64,000 (by 5.3%), poultry – by 765,400 (by 15.4%).

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