TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, April 30. Uzbekistan manufactured coke and refined oil products worth 5 trillion soums ($397.9 million) from January through March 2024, Trend reports.
According to the data from Uzbekistan's Statistics Agency, this figure has increased by 92.3 percent compared to the same period last year (2.6 trillion soums, or $206.9 million in January–March 2023).
The share of coke and refined oil products in the structure of the manufacturing industry amounted to 3.8 percent.
Moreover, Uzbekistan manufactured coke and refined oil products worth 25 trillion soums ($1.9 billion) in 2023.
At the same time, Uzbekistan's large enterprises produced 59,000 tons of petroleum coke in 2023. The volume of production increased by 23.9 percent year-on-year.
In addition, the volume of petroleum coke produced by large enterprises in Uzbekistan reached 7,400 tons in December 2023.