President: Share of industry in GDP reaches 24.2%
18/01/2014 10:17
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov
18/01/2014 10:17
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Share of industry in the gross domestic product (GDP) of Uzbekistan grew from 14.2% in 2000 to 24.2% in 2013, the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov said 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.
Speaking at the session, Islam Karimov said that gradual implementation of the programme on priorities of industry development for 2011-2015 and industrial programmes on modernization, technical and technological re-equipment of the production capacities, the processing industries, which produce competitive goods with high added cost, play more important role in the economy.
The Uzbek leader said that currently these industries produce over 78% of industrial products of the country.
He said that high technological industries such as machinery and metal processing (+21%), production of construction materials (+13.6%), light industry (+13%), and food industry (9%).
President said that new modern capacities on production of telecommunication equipment, computer equipment and mobile handsets, and home appliances are created in Uzbekistan. He said that almost all industries of Uzbek economy are modernized.
Islam Karimov noted that the share of industry in GDP currently makes up over 24.2% against 14.2% in 2000.
He said that measures on increasing production of consumer goods are giving their results. Uzbekistan increased production of consumer goods by 14.4% in 2013 and their share in industrial production reached 35.5%. The competitiveness of products is growing both in internal and external markets.
President Islam Karimov also underlined important role of localization of productionof ready products, spare parts and materials based on industrial cooperation. In last three years, the production of localized goods rose almost twice.
He said that last year 455 enterprises implemented over 1,140 projects on localization, which allowed to increase production volume by 1.2 times and ensure estimated effect of important-replacement at the size of US$5.3 billion.
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