BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 15
By Klavdiya Romakayeva - Trend:
The largest industrial production volume in value terms in Uzbekistan in 2020 fell on free economic zones (FEZ), amounting to 12.27 trillion soums ($1.2 billion), Trend reports with reference to uzdaily.uz.
It is reported that in 2020 Uzbekistan had 18 free economic zones (FEZ), 77 directorates of small industrial zones (SIZ), 10 technology parks, and 420 clusters (clusters), which included 526 enterprises in FEZ, 1, 675 enterprises in SIZ, 484 enterprises in technology parks and 420 enterprises in clusters.
According to the information, the volume of industrial production in 2020 totaled 27.82 trillion soums ($2.6 billion), including 12.27 trillion soums ($1.2 billion) in FEZ, 2.69 trillion soums ($255 million) in SIZ, 252.2 billion soums ($24 million) technology parks and 12.61 trillion soums ($1.2 billion) in clusters.
In addition, the volume of construction work carried out on their own amounted to 104.8 billion soums ($10 million), including 62.6 billion soums ($6 million) in FEZ, 41.9 billion soums ($4 million) in SIZ, and 0.3 billion soums ($28,487) in clusters.
Also, the volume of investments in fixed assets from all sources of financing totaled 6.51 trillion soums ($618 million), of which 3.97 trillion soums fell on FEZ, 304.6 billion soums ($29 million) on MPZ, 67.7 billion soums ($6.4 million) on technology parks and 7.9 billion soums ($750,000) on clusters.
Moreover, the volume of products (goods and services) shipped outside Uzbekistan totaled 5.99 trillion. ($569 million) soums, including in 1.78 trillion soums ($169 million) in FEZ, 717.5 billion soums ($68 million) in SIZ, 46.6 billion soums ($4.4 million) in technology parks, and 3.45 trillion soums ($328 million) in clusters.
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