BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 16
By Klavdiya Romakayeva - Trend:
From January through September 2020, the number of newly created enterprises and organizations in Uzbekistan amounted to 71,744, Trend reports citing the press service of the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan.
The largest number of newly created enterprises and organizations falls on Tashkent (10,786), Samarkand (6,558), Surkhandarya (6,395), and Andijan (6,360) regions.
At the same time, the largest number of newly created enterprises and organizations by type of economic activity fell on trade (25,998), industry (14,566), and agriculture, forestry, and fishery (11,892).
As of October 1, 2020, the total number of operating industrial enterprises amounted to 80,023, increasing by 16.6 percent or 11,407 units during the same period last year.
Among operating industrial enterprises and organizations, 75,194 are micro-enterprises and 4,036 small enterprises.
As of October 1, 2020, the number of operating family businesses amounted to 39,600, which is 15,400 or 63.9 percent more than the same period last year.
Among them 13,800 family businesses operating in the industrial sector, 11,500 - in the trade sector, 7,300 - in the field of accommodation and food services, and 5,600 family businesses operating in the agriculture sector.
The number of operating enterprises and organizations with the participation of foreign capital as of October 1, 2020, amounted to 11,300. This figure increased by 1,800 or 18.1 percent compared to the same period last year.
From January through September 2020, 1,237 new enterprises and organizations with the participation of foreign capital were created in Uzbekistan.
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