Samarkand region leads on GRP growth in 2010

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Samarkand and Namangan regions, as well as Tashkent city posted the highest growth of gross regional product (GRP) in 2010, according to the data of the State Statistics Committee.

In the reporting period, the GRP of Samarkand region grew by 13.6% to 3.813 trillion soums. The GRP per capita increased by 11.5%.

According to the committee, economy of Namangan region grew by 12.4% to 2.427 trillion soums. The GRP per capita rose by 10.4%.

The GRP of Tashkent city increased by 12.4% to 9.82 trillion soums, while the GRP per capital grew by 11%, the report said.

Tashkent city leads on the volume of the GRP in monetary terms. Tashkent region and Kashkadarya region followed the capital with 5.571 trillion soums (10.1%) and 4.865 trillion soums (+3.9%) respectively.

The lowest the GRP growth was recorded in Navoi region (2.5%), Kashkadarya region (3.9%) and Ferghana region (5.8%). In monetary terms, the lowest volume was posted in Syrdarya region – 1.008 trillion soums.

As earlier reported, in January-December 2010, the volume of gross domestic product (GDP) of Uzbekistan made up 61.831 trillion soums, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

Gross domestic product (by oblasts - gross regional product)

	bn. soums	As % of January-December 2009
		Total	per capita
Uzbekistan *)	61831.2	8.5	6.7
Karakalpakstan	1389.8	10.0	8.8
region:
Andijan	3679.6	10.5	8.4
Bukhara	3376.0	9.6	8.0
Jizzakh	1389.1	10.2	8.3
Kashkadarya	4865.1	3.9	1.8
Navoi	3276.6	2.5	1.0
Namangan	2426.6	12.4	10.4
Samarkand	3813.1	13.6	11.5
Surkhandarya	2229.3	11.2	9.0
Syrdarya	1008.3	10.2	8.5
Tashkent	5571.1	10.1	8.9
Ferghana	4095.5	5.8	4.0
Khorezm	1944.1	10.2	8.1
Tashkent city	9820.1	12.4	11.0

*) including data not distributed by regions