Total number of operating enterprises and organizations in Uzbekistan reached 395,900 units
21/12/2019 22:07
Total number of operating enterprises and organizations in Uzbekistan reached 395,900 units
21/12/2019 22:07
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- As of 1 December 2019, the total number of operating enterprises and organizations in Uzbekistan reached 395,900 units.
In total, 260,200 units were involved in the service sector. Compared to the same period in 2018, their number increased by 22.7%.
As of 1 December 2019, the share of enterprises and organizations operating in the service sector made up 65.8%.
During the survey period, the share of enterprises and organizations engaged in industry reached 17.8%, construction - 9.1% and, only 7.3%, operate in agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
As of 1 December 2019, in the structure of existing enterprises and organizations related to the service sector, their share is predominantly engaged in trading activities (38.3%).
The number of functioning enterprises and organizations providing accommodation and food services is 9.8%.
The proportion of operating enterprises and organizations related to transportation and storage and related to the service sector, in their total number reached 5.9%.
The share of functioning enterprises and organizations involved in information activities and providing communication services is 3.0%.
The proportion of existing enterprises and organizations providing health services, as well as social services, reached to 3.0%.
Compared with the same period last year, the number of operating enterprises and organizations increased by 48,200 units.
In January-November 2019, the number of newly created enterprises and organizations in the service sector (56,500 units), compared to the previous year, increased by 27,000 units.
Compared to the same period of 2018, the growth of newly created enterprises and organizations engaged in trading activities increased 3.1 times, or reached 22,800 units.
At the same time, an increase is observed among enterprises and organizations operating in the provision of accommodation and food services. Their number increased by 3.1 thousand units. and amounted to 6.7 thousand units.
At the same time, there is a decrease in enterprises and organizations engaged in other activities. Their number decreased by 0.3 thousand units to 10,600 units.
Compared with the previous period of the current year (January-October 2019), the number of newly created enterprises and organizations increased by 4,766 units.
In addition, there has been an increase in newly created enterprises and organizations providing other types of services. Their number increased by 794 units.
Over the period under review, an increase in the number of newly created enterprises and organizations operating in the field of accommodation and food services was recorded - by 660 units.
The first written message about small business appeared more than 4000 years ago, in particular, it was a description of financial services (a description of how money lenders lend money at interest).
In many respects, thanks to small business, civilization has spread to different countries. In the last decades of the 21st century, the role of this business sector has increased to a large extent due to its ability to invent new products and create new jobs.
As part of the implementation of the Program for the Development of the Service Sector, business entities were provided with significant volumes of soft loans for the technological equipment of newly created service enterprises.
In the total number of enterprises and organizations providing services, small businesses took 76.2%.
As of 1 December 2019, the share of large organizations was 23.8%.
Currently, the activities of small businesses contributes to sustainable economic growth, job creation, increased income and the well-being of the population.
They have become an integral and most important part of the national economy, transformed into a leading force to address many economic and social issues, develop services, ensure a prosperous life for people.
In the total number of operating small enterprises, the share of people employed in the service sector reached 59.6%.
The development of small business and the formation of a favorable business environment mean not only strengthening the national economy and increasing its competitiveness, but, in the first place, a further increase in the well-being of the population. That is why the government pays special attention to the adoption of specific organizational and legal measures to improve the business environment, support the activities of entrepreneurs, as well as providing them with various benefits and preferences.
The development of the service sector plays a huge role in the modern economy. The services form such key factors of economic growth as scientific knowledge, intangible forms of accumulation, information technology, and the integration of entrepreneurial activity.
This sector of the economy includes various activities that help improve productivity and production efficiency. Its final result is not a finished product, but the provision of services that can be provided not only to enterprises, but also to individuals - end consumers.
So, according to preliminary data, the volume of market services provided in January-November 2019 reached 172,41 trillion soums, the nominal volume of which increased by 34.79 trillion soums. In comparable terms, compared with the same period last year, growth was 12.2%.
Tashkent has the largest share in the total volume of services - 34.3%. This is because the real incomes of the population are higher than in other regions.
In addition, the largest share was recorded in Tashkent (7.1%), Samarkand (6.5%), Ferghana (5.9%) and Andijan (5.1%) regions.
The lowest indicators of the service sector were noted in Syrdarya (1.4%), Jizzakh (2.2%), Navoi (2.6%), Khorezm (3.0%) regions and the Republic of Karakalpakstan (2.9%).
Currently, the country is implementing consistent reforms to increase the financial potential of the regions and the role of the service sector in this direction. Projects in the framework of the implementation of the Strategy of Action in the five priority areas of development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017-2021 expand the scope of this work.
A characteristic feature of most types of activities in the service sector is a high degree of localization, their “linking” to a specific territory (region, city, district, urban and rural settlements). Therefore, the size, location, types and scales of activity, ownership forms, working methods of enterprises and service organizations, their role and development potential in modernization should be interconnected with the needs, priorities and strategy of innovative changes in the region’s economy.
Over the current period, high growth rates were noted in Syrdarya (18.8%), Jizzakh (15.8%), Khorezm (13.6%) regions, the Republic of Karakalpakstan (13.9%) and Tashkent (15.8%).
Relatively low growth rates were observed in Tashkent (7.8%), Samarkand (8.8%), Ferghana (9.5%) and Namangan (10.6%) regions.
During the survey period in the context of regions, the city of Tashkent had a huge impact on the increase in the total volume of market services rendered. Compared to the same period of last year, the volume of services in this region increased by 12.5 trillion soums and reached 59.14 trillion soums.
Along with this, relatively high rates were observed in Tashkent (12.22 trillion soums), Samarkand (11.13 trillion soums), Ferghana (10.21 trillion soums) and Andijan (8.85 trillion soums) regions.
The level of development of the service sector ensures territorial and social mobility of the population, the development of new economic territories, increased production efficiency and consumption of material goods.
Compared to last year, the volume of market services provided per capita increased by 961,400 soums and made up 5.14 million soums, its growth amounted to 10.1%.
With the formation of a post-industrial information society in our country, the role of the service sector will grow steadily, because the needs of the population are constantly growing, and their diversity is constantly expanding.
Further ensuring sustainable economic growth through the creation of new jobs, improving investment, tax, monetary policy, scientific and technical policies and the development of small businesses using new information and communication technologies will contribute to qualitative structural changes in the industry structure of market services.
According to this indicator, the city of Tashkent takes a leading place. Here, the volume of services per capita is fixed in the equivalent of 23.35 million soums.
In Namangan (2.42 million soums), Kashkadarya (2.45 million soums) and Surkhandarya (2.6 million soums) regions, the volume per capita was low compared to other regions.
A developed service sector is the key to successful prosperity of society. A factor in the growth of the service sector is changes in the system of social needs. The increasing complexity of equipment, technologies, production structure, the growth of living standards of the population, as well as the improvement of man himself, as a result of increasing his educational and cultural level,
An increase in the volume of market services provided per capita was noted in Syrdarya (16.7%), Jizzakh (13.4%), Khorezm (11.7%), the Republic of Karakalpakstan (12.2%) and the city of Tashkent (13.5 %).
Low growth rates were recorded in Tashkent (6.3%), Samarkand (6.6%), Ferghana (7.6%), Namangan (8.4%) and Surkhandarya (9.1%) regions.
Of particular importance in the economic policy of the state is the development of modern types of services, for example, such as information and communication types of services (mobile communications, Internet, digital television, etc.), as well as modern types of financial services (banking, leasing, insurance , audit, consulting, etc.).
In almost all regions, there is a positive effect on the increase in the volume of market services, an increase in the share in the structure of the services rendered such as financial and transport services, trade and communication services, including informatization.
Among the regions in terms of trade services, the highest share was recorded in Surkhandarya region - 43.4%.
At the same time, financial activity is most developed in the city of Tashkent. Here, the share of financial services made up 28.9%.
Along with this, the largest share of communication and information services was recorded in this region - 9.0%.
Transport services were most in demand in the Republic of Karakalpakstan (25.9%), as well as in Tashkent (25.7%) and Samarkand (25.6%) regions.
In the structure of market services provided by economic activity, transport services occupy the largest share. So, in January - November 2019, their share was 28.2%. At the same time, high rates were noted for trade services (25.1%), financial services (18.1%), communications and information services (5.7%).
A slight increase in volumes was noted for health services, whose share reached only 1.5%. A low specific gravity was recorded in the field of rendering services for the repair of computers and household goods - 1.6%, in the field of architecture, engineering surveys, technical testing and analysis - 2.0%, rental and rental services -2.1%.
The highest growth rates were recorded in financial services (58.9%), health services (9.5%), communication and information services, as well as in the field of architecture, engineering surveys, technical testing and analysis (8.7%).
A slight increase was recorded for rental and rental services (2.5%), as well as for services related to real estate (3.1%).
The Republic of Uzbekistan is located in the central part of Central Asia and is the only country that has common borders with all countries of the region: it borders with Kazakhstan in the north and northwest, Turkmenistan in the southwest, Afghanistan in the south, and Tajikistan in the south east and Kyrgyzstan - in the east.
At present, our republic has great potential for the development of transport infrastructure and meeting the country’s needs for the movement of both goods and passengers in all directions and all possible modes of transport.
It should be noted that the increase in the volume of transport services is primarily associated with an increase in demand for services for the transport of goods and passengers, which, in turn, is due to the accelerated growth of tourism activity, the expansion of the trading network, the further implementation of construction projects, reconstruction of buildings and structures, as well as with the development of transport and logistics infrastructure.
Of the total volume of transport services, the share of road transport is 46.9%. The volume of transportation through pipelines in transport services occupies 20.0%. In turn, services provided by rail in the total volume of transport services reach 13.2%.
The share of services for the transport of goods and passengers by air was fixed within 11.7%, and auxiliary transport activities - at the level of 8.2%.
Passenger transportation occupies a significant share in the volume of market services provided by road. So, in January-November 2019, the share of passenger road transport services reached 70.1%. The share of cargo transportation services in the total volume of marketed road transport services amounted to 29.9%.
Trade is a sector of the economy that ensures the circulation of goods, their movement from the sphere of production to the sphere of consumption. Trade of one country with other states, consisting of import and export of goods, is foreign trade, trade of different countries with each other in their entirety is international trade. Within a single country, trade performs a socially necessary function - bringing goods to the consumer. It is divided into wholesale and retail.
The gross output of trade services, including electronic, at current prices is taken into account in the amount of gross income, which is the difference between the sale and purchase value of goods sold. In the case of a transaction on the sale of goods in the interests of another person on the basis of contracts, instructions, commissions or agency agreements, the cost of services in the amount of remuneration is reflected.
In January-November 2019, the share of trade services in the total volume of market services provided made up 25.1%, which corresponds to 43.26 trillion soums.
Retail trade accounts for almost three quarters of the total volume of trade services, and more precisely, 67.4%.
In January-November 2019, the share of wholesale services (except for trade in cars and motorcycles) reached 25.3%.
Wholesale and retail trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles, including repair services, in the total volume of trade services amounted to 7.3%.
Compared with other regions, the largest share of retail services is observed in Andijan (85.2%), Kashkadarya (83.6%) and Bukhara (82.0%) regions. This indicator in Tashkent is insignificant. Here it amounted to only 45.5%. However, in Tashkent, the share of wholesale services (excluding trade in cars and motorcycles) is quite significant - 46.0%. In Andijan region, it was the smallest - 8.1%.
A relatively high share in the services of wholesale and retail trade in automobiles and motorcycles, including services for their repair, was noted in Samarkand (9.9%), Ferghana (8.5%), Tashkent (8.3%) regions, the city of Tashkent (8.5%) and the Republic of Karakalpakstan (7.1%).
The smallest share of these services was recorded in Surkhandarya (3.4%), Kashkadarya (4.8%), Jizzakh (5.1%), Syrdarya (5.5%) and Namangan (5.4%) regions.
The introduction of innovative banking technologies to create conditions for the provision of modern banking services, including organizing the activities of digital banks and their divisions specializing in the provision of retail services, improving remote banking services, and further developing the payment system, contribute to
In January-November 2019, the volume of financial services was equal to 31.2 trillion soums and, compared with the same period of last year, it increased by 12.2 trillion soums. The growth of financial services reached 58.9%. The share of financial services, except insurance and pension services, occupies 90.9% of the total volume of financial services. For the current period, the share of insurance services is fixed in the range of 5.6%. Services auxiliary to financial and insurance services accounted for only 3.5% of the total volume of financial services.
The share of financial services, except insurance and pension services, was significant in Syrdarya (92.8%), Surkhandarya (92.7%), Kashkadarya (92.2%), Jizzakh (91.3%), Samarkand ( 90.9%), Ferghana (90.8%) regions, as well as in the Republic of Karakalpakstan (93.3%) and the city of Tashkent (91.4%). The lowest rate was recorded in Andijan region (86.6%).
Among the regions in the structure of financial services, the volume of insurance services prevails in Tashkent (9.4%), Namangan (8.6%), Khorezm (7.3%), Navoi (7.1%) and Bukhara (7.0%) areas.
The lowest indicator for insurance services was noted in Andijan (4.5%), Samarkand (5.4%), Surkhandarya (5.6%), the Republic of Karakalpakstan (4.9%) and Tashkent (4.8%) .
In addition, in recent years there has been an intense saturation of the market with modern information technology and communications.
In January-November 2019, the volume of communication and information services was equal to 9.78 trillion soums. Compared to the same period of last year, the growth rate of this type of service reached 8.7%. The share in the total volume of market services provided amounted to 5.7%.
Preliminary programming data, consulting and other related services - 7.5%, information services - 3.0%, programming and broadcasting - 3.6%, film, video and television production services, including services for sound recording and publishing of musical works - 0.8% of the total volume of communication and information services.
The highest indicators for the provision of telecommunication services were noted in Jizzakh (98.9%), Syrdarya (98.0%), Samarkand (97.9%), Andijan and Kashkadarya (96.9%) regions.
Due to the fact that when comparing with other regions, the highest indicators of computer programming services, consulting and other related services (13.1%), publishing (8.6%), programming and broadcasting (6.5%), information services (4.8%), film, video and television program production services, sound recording and music production services (1.3%), telecommunication services in the structure of communication and information services occupied a low proportion in the city of Tashkent, amounting to 65.7%.
As practice shows, the most important condition for building an economy of knowledge and services is a developed system of personnel training and retraining. In the course of the ongoing reforms, the country needs high-level specialists in various core areas. Highly qualified personnel can become the driving force of an innovative economy.
In January-November 2019, the volume of services in the field of education reached 6.57 trillion soums. Their share in the total volume of market services provided made up 3.8%.
The largest volume of market services in the field of education was recorded in Tashkent. In January-November 2019, it reached 2.75 trillion soums.
Compared with January-November 2018, the volume of market services provided in the field of education in the city of Tashkent increased by 462.8 billion soums.
Along with this, an increase was observed in Samarkand (by 144.9 billion soums) and Bukhara (by 122.1 billion soums) regions. A slight increase in the volume of education was noted in the Syrdarya region. Here it increased by only 25.8 billion soums. Preliminary data was equal to only 119.4 billion soums.
Compared with January-November 2018, the growth rate of accommodation and food services was 5.2%, and the volume increased by 914.0 billion soums and reached 5.18 trillion soums.
In the total volume of accommodation and catering services, food and beverage services prevail - 77.7%.
In January-November 2019, the share of accommodation services made up 22.3%.
The growth of this type of services was facilitated by the development of tourism activities, which had an impact on the increase in population demand for services of holiday homes, cottages and other places of temporary residence.
The largest volume of accommodation and food services was recorded in Tashkent – 2.37 trillion soums, compared with January-November 2018, there is an increase of 423.1 billion soums.
Growth in this region was influenced by food and beverage services, their volume increased by 289.8 billion soums compared to last year.
At the same time, the largest volume of accommodation and food services was noted in Tashkent (545.3 billion soums), Samarkand (353.9 billion soums), Bukhara (329.8 billion soums) regions.
The smallest volume of accommodation and food services was also recorded in Jizzakh (113.8 billion soums) and Khorezm (121.3 billion soums) regions.
Relatively high growth rates of this type of service were noted in Jizzakh (13.2%) and Khorezm (12.8%) regions.
In January-November 2019, the growth of accommodation and food services in Ferghana (1.1%), Namangan (1.2%), Bukhara (1.6%), Kashkadarya (1.7%), Andijan (3.3 %) oblasts, Preliminary data for the Republic of Karakalpakstan (3.9%) and the city of Tashkent (4.1%) was insignificant.
Currently, medicine and health care in the country are developing in one direction with dynamic transformations aimed at a steady increase in the level and quality of life of citizens of independent Uzbekistan.
Great attention is paid to the further improvement of the healthcare system, the stimulation of the work of medical workers, the widespread adoption of modern technologies and treatment methods.
Today, in all regions of the republic, high-quality medical services are provided in specialized scientific and practical medical centers in such areas as cardiology, surgery, eye microsurgery, urology, therapy and medical rehabilitation, endocrinology, pulmonology and phthisiology, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, etc.
In January-November 2019, the volume of healthcare services increased by 550.3 billion soums and reached 2.6 trillion soums. Compared with the same period of last year, the growth rate was 9.5%.
Among the regions in the field of health services, the leading place is occupied by Tashkent. Here, compared with the same period of last year, in the current period, the volume increased by 279.6 billion soums. Its share in the total volume of provided market services in the healthcare sector amounted to 42.5%. Along with this, a relatively high proportion was recorded in Tashkent (9.7%), Ferghana (8.0%),
The share of services from the total volume of market services provided for health services in the Syrdarya (1.4%) and Navoi (1.8%) regions, as well as in the Republic of Karakalpakstan (2.2%) in the current period was insignificant.
According to many international experts, the accelerated development of the service sector is an indispensable condition for the successful completion of the modern structural adjustment of the country’s economy.
The increasing complexity of technologies and the sectoral structure of the service sector, improving the quality and diversity of the product, as well as the accelerated development of high-tech services, will further contribute to the efficiency and competitiveness of enterprises, organizations and farms, as well as improve the living standards of the population.
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