About 273,600 legal entities registered in Uzbekistan

10/03/2015 | Economy

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- As of 1 January 2015, the number of registered legal entities in Uzbekistan was 273,600 units, of which 246,700 (90/2% of total registered enterprises) are operating, according to the data of the Uniform State Business Register.

Uzbek State Statistics Committee said that the greatest number of enterprises and institutions was registered in trade and catering (28.1% of total registered enterprises), industry (17.3%), construction (8.9%), and agriculture and forestry (8.3%).

In the total number of registered enterprises and organizations, the share of non-state form of ownership was 85.6% of which 33.1% - private enterprises, 1.8% - enterprises with participation of foreign capital, 50.7% – other enterprises.

In January-December 2014, the number of newly registered enterprises and institutions was 26,900, 26,000 of which are small business entities. Their significant number was marked in the city of Tashkent (24.4% of total registered in the republic), Tashkent region (9.9%), Ferghana region (8.6%), and Samarkand region (7.5%).

In the sectoral composition of newly registered enterprises and institutions, 28.3% fell to share of trade and catering, 24% – industry, and 11.7% - construction.

In the reporting period, 20,000 enterprises and institutions were liquidated. Out of them 5,800 were liquidated voluntarily.

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