Largest number of legal entities registered in Kashkadarya region

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Kashkadarya region, Tashkent city and ferghana region were leading in Uzbekistan on number of registered legal entities on the result of 2009.

Number of enterprises and organizations registered as of 1 January 2010 made up 51,685 in Kashkadarya region, 41,089 in Tashkent city and 22,673 in Ferghana region.

Lowest number of enterprises were recorded in Syrdarya region (6,957), Navoi region (7,776) and Jizzakh region (8,126).

Number of registered legal entities in Uzbekistan made up 503,400 as of 1 January 2010, of which 471,800 or 93.7% of total registered enterprises were operating, according to the Uzbek State Statistics Committee.

About 45,700 enterprises and organizations were registered in Uzbekistan in 2009, of which 16.1% in Tashkent city, 10.6% in Kashkadarya region, 9.3% in Ferghana region and 8.4% in Andijan region.

Number of liquidated enterprises made up 27,000 in the reporting period, including 4,200 enterprises closed on voluntary bases. Largest share of liquidated enterprises fell to Tashkent city (16.9% from total liquidated enterprises in Uzbekistan), Surkhandarya region (10.5%), Ferghana region (9.5%), Bukhara region (9.3%), Namangan region (8.8%) and Karakalpakstan (9%).

Number of enterprises and organizations
(without farm entities)

(unit)

	registered as of 1 January 2010	for January - December 2009
		created	liquidated
Uzbekistan	274443	40456	24291
Karakalpakstan	12434	2726	2146
regions:
Andijan	21830	3252	928
Bukhara	17742	2749	2304
Jizzakh	8126	1196	511
Kashkadarya	51685	4601	856
Navoi	7776	1554	923
Namangan	15637	2485	2036
Samarkand	18917	2371	1672
Surkhandarya	15169	2142	2693
Syrdarya	6957	1204	580
Tashkent	21182	3116	1906
Ferghana	22673	3600	2257
Khorezm	13226	2118	929
Tashkent city	41089	7342	4550