BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 21
By Klavdiya Romakayeva - Trend:
Some 18 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced by Uzbekistan mining enterprises in 4M2021, which is 584.2 million cubic meters more compared to the same period in 2020, Trend reports referring to the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan.
In particular, 236,500 tons of oil were obtained (an increase of 2,400 tons) from January through April 2021. The volume of coal during this period amounted to 1.4 million tons (an increase of 229,300).
According to the committee, the production of gas condensate and gravel came out with a negative result compared to the corresponding period last year. Some 471,400 tons (decrease of 39,600 tons) of gas condensate and 24,700 tons (decrease of 27,200 tons) of gravel were produced during the reporting period.
In addition, the volume of products produced by mining and quarrying enterprises in 4M2021 amounted to 12.7 trillion soums ($1.2 billion) or 10.2 percent of the total volume.
It is reported that Uzbek enterprises produced industrial products worth 124.3 trillion soums ($11.7 billion). The index of the physical volume of industrial production by the same period in 2020 increased by 6.6 percent.
In the structure of production, the largest share falls on manufacturing enterprises (80.8 percent), the volume of production of which amounted to 100.4 trillion soums ($10 billion).
It was noted that the main factors behind the decline in the physical volume of industrial production in 2020 were its decrease in mining and quarrying enterprises by 21.9 percent. The largest lag was observed in natural gas - 49.7 billion cubic meters were produced, which is 10.7 billion cubic meters less than in 2019.
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