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Trade turnover of large Uzbek enterprises increases by nearly 30%

Business Materials 24 April 2019 13:12 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 24

By Fakhri Vakilov – Trend:

The turnover of retail trade in Uzbekistan in January-March this year reached 32,839.4 billion soums and increased by 5.9 percent compared to the same period last year, Trend reports with reference to the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan.

The turnover of large enterprises reached 5,020.9 billion soums (growth of 28 percent), small businesses - 27,818.5 billion soums (growth rate 2.7 percent).

Of the total turnover of small businesses, the sale of goods in the unorganized trade amounted to 3,301.3 billion soums (compared to the same period last year, a decrease of 6.1 percent).

Compared to the same period last year, there was an increase in retail growth rates in all regions of the country. Moreover, relatively high growth rates were observed in the Khorezm and Bukhara regions and Karakalpakstan.

In retail trade turnover, the volume of commodity turnover of large enterprises is 15.3 percent of total sales. Their main share was observed in the city of Tashkent (26.2 percent), Khorezm (25.5 percent) and Bukhara (19.0 percent) regions.

Retail trade turnover of small businesses, according to statistical calculations, amounted to 27,818.5 billion soums and, compared to the same period last year, increased by 2.7 percent.

The share of this sector in the country in the retail trade turnover reached 84.7 percent.

The share of small business in comparison with other regions was higher in Kashkadarya (97.6 percent), Jizzakh (90.7 percent), Surkhandarya (90.2 percent), Tashkent (88.4 percent) and Namangan (88.4 percent) areas.

Retail trade turnover per capita in all regions of the country (except for the Kashkadarya region) has increased, compared to the same period last year. This indicator, in comparison with other regions, was more in Tashkent (2,932 soums), Navoi (1,326 soums) and Tashkent (1,125 soums) regions.

The turnover of retail trade per capita in the country in January-March 2019 averaged 985,700 soums (compared to the same period last year, it increased by 4.0 percent).

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