Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- As of 1 December 2020, 997 enterprises of the metallurgical industry operated in the Republic of Uzbekistan, which in January - November 2020 produced products worth 70.9 trillion soums. The physical volume index compared to January - November 2019 was 6.3%.

In particular:

production of copper wire - 1.2%;

production of aluminum wire - 80.8%.

The largest share in the total volume of products produced by enterprises of the metallurgical industry falls on Navoi region 56.4% (30 metallurgical enterprises), Tashkent region 35.6% (132 enterprises) and the city of Tashkent 6.0% (283 enterprises).

It should be noted that in January - November of this year, products of the metallurgical industry were exported in the amount of US$1.11 billion, which is 7.8% of the total export volume of the republic.