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Construction sector of Uzbekistan up by over 7%

Business Materials 22 October 2018 15:18 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 22

By Fikret Dolukhanov – Trend:

In January-September 2018, the volume of construction work in Uzbekistan increased by 7.4 percent and amounted to 33,652.9 billion soums, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said in a report.

The volume of construction work performed by large contractors amounted to 10,494.6 billion soums, which is 1.2 percent more than the corresponding period last year. The share in the total volume of construction work reached 31.2 percent.

The volume of construction work performed by small enterprises and micro-firms amounted to 13,654.0 billion soums, which is 18.2 percent more than the corresponding period last year. The share in the total volume of construction work reached 40.6 percent.

The share of the informal sector was 28.2 percent, or 9,504.2 billion soums. The growth rate was 0.4 percent.

(8208.04 soums = 1 USD on Oct. 22)

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