TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, June 11. Uzbekistan’s food product output amounted to 22.3 trillion soums ($1.7 billion) from January through April 2024, Trend reports.
According to the data from Uzbekistan’s Statistics Agency, this indicator shows a 9.3 percent increase year-on-year (20.4 trillion soums, or $1.6 billion in January–April 2023).
The share of food products in the structure of Uzbekistan’s manufacturing industry amounted to 12.2 percent.
Meanwhile, according to preliminary data, Uzbekistan's enterprises manufactured industrial products worth 227.8 trillion soums ($17.8 billion) from January through April 2024. This figure is 27.2 percent higher year-on-year (179 trillion soums, or $14 billion in January–April 2024).
In the structure of production, the largest specific weight falls on the enterprises of the manufacturing industry, the output of which amounted to 184 trillion soums ($14.4 billion). The mining and quarrying industry ranks second with a production volume worth 21.6 trillion soums ($1.69 billion) during this period. Uzbekistan’s electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply production reached 20.8 trillion soums ($1.62 billion), while water supply, sewerage, waste collection, and utilization totaled 1.4 trillion soums ($109.6 million).