Uzbekistan produces services for 31.9 trln. soums

State Statistics Committee said the largest volume of market services is observed in transport services, trade services, financial services, communication services and information services in the field of education.

Among the regions, the largest volume is in Tashkent city (10.15 trillion soums), Tashkent (2.379 trillion soums), Samarkand (2.15 trillion soums) regions.

The smallest volume is observed in Syrdarya region (411,9 billion soums), Jizzakh (660,6 billion soums), Navoi (824,9 billion soums).

It should be noted that the dynamic development of services as a large-scale sector of the economy of the republic, able to meet the growing needs of individuals and legal entities in services, it is impossible without the successful functioning of the industry in the regions.

The largest share in the total volume of services by region occupy Tashkent (31.8%), Tashkent (7.5%), Samarkand (6.7%), Fergana (6.2%), Andijan (5.4%) regions.

Almost all regions have a positive impact the increase in the share of market services in the structure of services rendered, such as transport services, financial and trade services.

In Surkhandarya region the largest share of trade services was noted. However, in Tashkent city, this figure is relatively low.

This is due to the fact that the structure of services in Tashkent city prevail financial services, communication and information services, etc., the share of which in the regions is less. In January-March 2018, the volume of rendered market services was equal to 975,500 soums. The growth rate compared to last year was 6.2%.

The highest rates of rendered services per capita is observed in Tashkent city – 4.11 million soums, increase with the same period last year amounted

The smallest volume of services per capita is observed in Surkhandarya region-472,400 soums, the growth rate was 103.9%. This is due to the fact that the region is densely populated.

For comparison, in Navoi region the volume of services per capita is 859.6 thousand soums. However, the number of this region is 2.6 times less than the number of Surkhandarya region.

In January-March 2018, compared to the same period last year, there has been an increase in the growth rate of services such as services in the field of architecture, engineering surveys, technical tests and analysis (+40.8%); financial services (+30.3%); communication services (+17%); health services (+10.9%),

The reforms carried out in the framework of the liberalization of foreign ex-change policy, the expansion of lending to promising investment projects, as well as the provision of innovative services by financial institutions have had an impact on the increase in the volume of financial services.

In January–March 2018, the volume of financial services was equal to 4.33 trillion soums (13.6% of the total services). The growth rate compared to the same period of last year was 30.3%

The largest share on providing financial services marked in Tashkent city is 24.3%. However, the share of financial services in the Namangan region made

One of the factors of increasing the volume of transport services in January-March 2018 is the increase in demand for services for the transportation of passengers and goods. The increase in the volume of services provided for the carriage of passengers by air is associated with an increase in additional flights at reduced prices during the celebration of Navruz. However, the rise of financial services and services of communication and information.

Transport services (30.7%), trade services (27.3%); financial services (13.6%); communications and information services (6.6%), education services (3.5%), real estate-related services (3.1%) constitute the largest share in the structure of services.

In the total volume of transport services, the largest share is occupied by services rendered by road (47.6%). This is due to the maneuverability, high mobility, mobility of transport, as well as the possibility of delivery of goods (passengers) "door to door" without additional overload or direct route, autonomous movement of the vehicle.

Pipeline transportation services account for 17.4% of the total volume of transport services. Services rendered by railway transport make up 15.7% of the total volume of transport services. Of the total volume of transport services, the share of services for the carriage of goods and passengers by air is 11.3%. Supporting transport activities account for 8% of the total volume of transport services.

Further development of high-tech services in the field of information and communication technologies, expanding the spectrum new types of services, as well as improving the quality of services, they influenced the growth of communication and information services.

Among the regions, the highest growth rate is observed in Navoi (+20,9%), Tashkent (+20,7%), Namangan (+19,9%), Jizzakh (+18,6%) regions compared to the same period last year. For comparison, in January-March 2017 the growth rate for communication and information services was equal: in Navoi - 5,2%, Tashkent - 20,4%, Namangan - 10,3%, Jizzakh - 9,5%) regions.

In the structure of services rendered by motor transport the largest share falls on Tashkent city (16,7%), Tashkent (13,8%), Samarkand (11,7%) regions.

In Syrdarya (1,6%), Jizzakh (2,7%), Navoi (2,7%) regions marked the lowest share in the total volume of services, provided by road transport.