Retail trade turnover increases in all regions of Uzbekistan in Jan-Sep

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The growth of retail trade turnover was observed in all regions of Uzbekistan in nine months of 2010. The highest growth of retail trade turnover (23.3%) was recorded in Syrdarya region in the reporting period.

According to the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan, the significant growth of retail trade turnover was registered in Jizzakh region (21.3%) and Surkhandarya region (20.8%).

At the same time, Tashkent city (2%) and Khorezm region recorded the lowest volume of retail trade turnover growth in nine months of 2010.

Tashkent city (3.77 trillion soums), Tashkent region (1.713 trillion soums) and Fergana region (1.297 trillion soums) were leading on the volume of retail trade turnover in monetary terms.

The lowest volume of retail trade turnover was recorded in Syrdarya (284 billion soums), Jizzakh region (408.4 billion) and Karakalpakstan (485.1 billion soums).

The highest volume of retail trade turnover per capita was recorded in Tashkent city – 1.668 million soums, which is up 3.11 times compared to national figure of 535,000 soums.

In January-September 2010, retail trade turnover in Uzbekistan made up 15.133 trillion soums, which is up 12.2% year-on-year.

Retail trade turnover (including catering)

	Total		Per capita
	bn. soums	in % to January-September 2010.	thousand soums	in % to January-September 2010.
Uzbekistan	15133.5	12.2	535.5	10.4
Karakalpakstan	485.1	20.0	295.7	18.8
regions:
Andijan	1185.3	14.8	460.8	12.6
Bukhara	901.3	12.2	554.1	10.5
Jizzakh	408.4	21.3	361.7	19.3
Kashkadarya	921.2	17.8	349.1	15.5
Navoi	574.0	20.5	668.0	18.8
Namangan	943.0	17.3	413.8	15.2
Samarkand	1121.7	14.6	356.2	12.5
Surkhandarya	906.8	20.8	432.9	18.5
Syradrya	284.0	23.3	393.3	21.4
Tashkent	1713.0	14.5	656.0	13.1
Ferghana	1297.4	16.3	417.7	14.4
Khorezm	622.2	7.7	395.4	5.6
Tashkent city	3770.1	2.0	1668.0	0.8