Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — From January to July 2025, Uzbekistan’s industrial enterprises produced goods worth 575.6 trillion soums, with the physical volume index of industrial production reaching 106.5% compared to the same period in 2024, according to the National Statistics Committee.

As of 1 August 2025, there are 58,800 active industrial enterprises in the country. By major economic activities, the largest shares are in food production with 11,900 enterprises (20.2% of total), other non-metallic mineral products with 8,400 (14.4%), clothing production with 6,100 (10.3%), production of finished metal products excluding machinery and equipment with 4,700 (8.0%), furniture manufacturing with 4,000 (6.9%), textile production with 3,700 (6.2%), and rubber and plastic products with 2,700 (4.7%).

The distribution of industrial output per capita is significantly higher than the national average (15,267.4 thousand soums) due to the concentration of large enterprises in Navoi region (94,709.5 thousand soums), the city of Tashkent (34,630.7 thousand soums), Tashkent region (27,373.9 thousand soums), and Andijan region (15,805.4 thousand soums).

The growth rates of industrial production per capita also exceeded the national level: Jizzakh region – 110.5%, Navoi region – 107.5%, Khorezm region – 107.1%, while the national average stood at 104.4%.

In January–July 2025, manufacturing accounted for the largest share of industrial output at 489.4 trillion soums (85.0%), followed by mining and quarrying at 43.2 trillion soums (7.5%), electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply at 39.8 trillion soums (6.9%), and water supply, sewage, waste collection, and disposal services at 3.2 trillion soums (0.6%).

During this period, Uzbekistan produced 667,000 tons of automotive gasoline (down 15.7% year-on-year), 367,300 tons of cotton yarn (up 0.3%), 636,000 tons of soft wheat and spelt flour (up 23.7%), 672,900 tons of diesel fuel (up 7.8%), 3,866,800 tons of coal (up 11.0%), 378,800 tons of crude oil (down 10.8%), 25,368.2 million cubic meters of natural gas (down 3.4%), and 11,344.4 thousand tons of Portland cement (up 25.2%).

Within the manufacturing sector, the share of enterprises producing food, beverages, and tobacco products was 20.0% (physical volume index 107.3% compared to January–July 2024), textile, clothing, and leather products – 15.7% (index 109.4%), machinery and equipment production, installation, repair, automotive and trailers, and other finished metal products – 18.2% (index 109.0%), and chemical, rubber, and plastic products – 6.9% (index 97.0%).

The structure of manufacturing by technological level shows high-tech industries at 1.1% (1.3% in January–July 2024), medium-high-tech at 19.4% (21.4%), medium-low-tech at 39.3% (36.8%), and low-tech at 40.2% (40.5%).

In the automotive industry, from January to July 2025, production included 83,167 Cobalt vehicles (down 1.9% year-on-year), 4,838 Chery cars (down 0.6%), 14,419 KIA vehicles (up 27.6%), 51,587 Damas (up 5.5%), 28,951 specialized passenger cars (up 88.8%), 26,385 Trackers (up 12.9%), 18,734 Onix cars (up 2.7%), 4,425 Haval vehicles (up 7.0 times), and 8,601 BYD cars.

Compared to the same period in 2024, electricity production reached 103.1%, while heat energy production by large enterprises fell to 88.3%.

Additionally, in January–July 2025, textile waste production increased by 29.1%, wastewater removal, transport, and treatment services grew by 7.8%, and services for emptying, cleaning, and treating cesspools, sedimentation tanks, and septic systems rose by 2.2%.