Industry makes positive contribution to GDP growth of Uzbekistan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A positive contribution to GDP growth of Uzbekistan was made by the sectors of agriculture, forestry and fisheries - 0.4 percentage points (in January-March 2020 - 0.5 p.p.), industry - 1.2 p.p. (in January-March 2020 - 0.6 p.p.) and the service sector - 1.1 p.p. (in January-March 2020 - 2.5 p.p.).

Despite an increase in the volume of construction work by 0.5% compared to January-March 2020, this had almost no effect on GDP growth (in January-March 2020 - 0.5 percentage points).

Due to the growth of net taxes on products, GDP increased by 0.3 percentage points. (in January-March 2020 - 0.5 p.p.).