Statistics Committee names main factors leading to decline in industrial production last year

In the structure of production, the largest share falls on manufacturing enterprises (83%), the State Statistics Committee reported.

The main factor behind the decline in the physical volume of industrial production was the downward trend in mining and quarrying enterprises – by 21.9%, in water supply, sewerage, waste collection and disposal – by 7.9%. At the same time, there is an increase in the volume of production in the processing industry by 7.1%, at the enterprises of power supply, gas, steam and air conditioning – by 12.5%.

The volume of products manufactured by mining and quarrying enterprises in January-December 2020 amounted to 33.0 trillion soums, or 9.0% of the total industry.

Manufacturing enterprises in January-December 2020 produced goods for 304.7 trillion soums, or 83.0% of the total industry.