Uzbekistan’s GDP makes up 72.17 trln. soums in 1H

The industrial output of Uzbekistan increased by 8.1% year-on-year to 40.791 trillion soums in the first half of 2015.

The agriculture production made up 17.569 trillion soums in the first half of 2015, which rose by 6.5% year-on-year.

Uzbekistan used investments into fixed capital at the size of 18.07 trillion soums, which rose by 9.8% year-on-year.

The volume of construction works grew by 18% to 11.752 trillion soums in the first half of 2015.

Uzbekistan transported 629.6 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2015, which rose by 4.3% year-on-year. The freight turnover reached 25.064 billion tonnes-km.

Passenger transportation hit 3.522 billion people in January-June 2015. The growth rate made up 3.3% year-on-year. The passenger turnover rose by 5.3% to 48.137 billion passenger-km.

Retail trade turnover of Uzbekistan made up 31.738 trillion soums in Janaury-June 2015, which grew by 14.8% year-on-year. The volume of paid services rose by 13.1% year-on-year to 40.247 trillion soums in January-June 2015.

In the reporting period, foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan exceeded US$12.6 billion. The exports reached US$6.4 billion and imports – US$6.3 billion. Foreign trade surplus was at the level of US$83.4 million.