143 projects of state ownership were privatized during implementation of the Program on Decentralization and Privatization in January-March 2007, according to data of the State Property Committee of Uzbekistan.
The greatest number of projects (out of the total number of projects privatized in the republic) was privatized in Tashkent region (22.3%), the city of Tashkent (17.5%), Ferghana region (8.4%) and Samarkand region (7%).
In the structure of privatized state property the highest share falls upon projects of khokimiyats (28.7%), Ministry of National Education (15.4%), Ministry of Health (10.5%), Ministry of Agriculture and Water Industry (6.3%), Uzbekneftgaz oil-and-gas chemical complex (5.6%).
In January-March 2007 actual receipts from privatization and decentralization amounted to 24.4 billion soums.
The most part of receipts was observed in the city of Tashkent (41.8% of total funds received from privatization), Tashkent region (38.6%), Samarkand region (8%) and Ferghana region (6.4%).