BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 28. The volume wholesale trade turnover in Uzbekistan amounted to 18.9 trillion soums ($1.6 billion) from January through February 2022, which is an increase of 12.2 percent compared to the same period last year, Trend reports via Uzbek State Statistics Committee.
During this period, the wholesale trade turnover of large enterprises of the country amounted to 5.8 trillion soums ($507.6 million), while the wholesale trade turnover of small businesses amounted to 13.1 trillion soums ($1.1 billion).
From January through February 2022 the highest growth rates of the wholesale trade turnover were observed in Tashkent and Fergana regions, and Tashkent city.
In 2021, the volume wholesale trade turnover increased by 31 percent compared to 2020 (120.4 trillion soums, or $11.1 billion), reaching 157.8 trillion soums ($14.5 billion).
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