Number of registered legal entities in Uzbek economy reaches 446,700

The number of registered legal entities in all branches of the Uzbek economy reached 446,700, 407,400 of them (91.2% of total registered enterprises) were operating as of 1 April 2007, according to the data of the Uniform State Business Register.

The greatest number of enterprises and institutions was registered in agriculture (60.9% of total registered enterprises), trade and catering (14.4%), industry (6.5%) and construction (4.2%), in line with the data of the Uzbek State Statistics Committee.

Out of the total number of registered enterprises the share of enterprises with non-state form of ownership was 94.4% of which 57.1% - private and dekhkan farms, 21.7% - private enterprises, 0.9% - enterprises with participation of foreign capital, 0.5% - joint-stock companies, 14.2% – other enterprises.

In January-March 2007, the number of newly registered enterprises and institutions was 27,800. Their significant number was registered in Ferghana region (15.2% of total registered enterprises in the republic), Samarkand region (15.1%) and Andijan region (13.6%).