UZEX records deals for 2 trln. soums in 1Q

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The volume of deals, signed at all trade platforms of the Uzbekistan Commodity Exchange (UZEX) in the first quarter of 2014, reached 2 trillion soums, which rose by 27.8% year-on-year.

According to the exchange, about 85% or 1.7 trillion soums fell to share of exchange trades. The growth rate made up 21.5%.

The small and private businesses realized goods for 270.4 billion soums in the reporting period, which rose by 79.4% year-on-year.

About 50% growth was recorded in exhibition-fair trades, the volume of which reached 174.9 billion soums. Total exports via hard currency platform and exhibition-fair trades rose by 17.4% to 96.8 billion soums.

The volume of public procurement reached 66 billion soums, which rose by 20.5%. At the same time, the budget funds for 18 billion soums or 21.4% from starting price were saved.

Share of small businesses in supply of goods (works, services) on public procurement via electronic auction trades made up 95.5% from total number of deals and 95.4% from sum of trades.

The volume of corporate procurement trades made up 67.2 billion soums and the volume of saved resources reached 15.6 billion soums.