BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar.21. The volume of all loans issued by private banks of Uzbekistan in January, 2022 increased by 42.3 percent compared to the same period last year, Trend reports citing the Uzbek Central Bank.
This figure in the corresponding period amounted to 46.6 trillion soums ($4.2 billion), and in January, 2021 amounted to 32.7 trillion soums ($2.9 billion).
The volume of loans of the banks with a state share in January, 2022 amounted to 277.5 trillion soums ($25.2 billion), which is an increase of 13.2 percent compared to the same period of 2021 (245 trillion soums or $22.3 billion).
In January 2022, the volume of loans of the banks with a state share in Uzbekistan exceeded the volume of loans of private banks by 5.9 times, which amounted to 230.9 trillion soums ($21 billion).
The total volume of all loans issued by banks of Uzbekistan amounted to 324.1 trillion soums ($29.5 billion) in January, 2022.
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