President: Uzbekistan’s GDP grows by 8% in 2013
17/01/2014 19:42
President: Uzbekistan’s GDP grows by 8% in 2013
17/01/2014 19:42
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The growth of the gross domestic product of Uzbekistan made up 8% in 2013, the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov stated at the session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan on 17 January 2014.
The session summed up results of social-economic development of Uzbekistan for 2013 and approved main priorities of economic programmes for 2014.
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov said that the gross domestic product (GDP) of Uzbekistan grew by 8% in 2013, industrial production – 8.8%, agriculture output – 6.8%, retail trade – 14.8%, services – 14.3%, and construction works – 16.6%.
The state budget was executed with 0.3% surplus to the GDP. The inflation did not exceed forecasted parameters and made up 6.8%. Foreign trade surplus made up US$1.3 billion in 2013. The exports rose by 10.9%.
Uzbek President Islam Karimov said that the share of industry in GDP of Uzbekistan exceeded 24% in 2013 compared to about 14% in 2000.
Uzbekistan attracted investments for US$3 billion, of which 72% were foreign direct investments. Implementation of some 150 production projects with total cost of US$2.7 billion was completed within the investment programme in 2013.
As reported earlier, the Government of Uzbekistan expects that the growth of GDP of Uzbekistan will make up 8.1% in 2014, industrial output – 8.3%, agriculture production – 6%, and capital investments – 9.5%.
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