394 enterprises privatized in Uzbekistan for over 9 months of the current year

During the implementation of the Programme on Decentralization and Privatization, according to data by the State Property Committee, 394 enterprises and projects were privatized in January-September 2007 in Uzbekistan, the report by Uzreport.com has said.

In the said period the greatest number of projects (out of the total number of projects privatized in the country) was privatized in the Tashkent Province (20.1%), the city of Tashkent (19%), Ferghana Province (8.9%), Samarkand Province (7.4%) and Namangan Province (6.3%).

In the structure of privatized state property the highest share falls upon projects of local authorities (35.3%), Ministry of Public Education (14.2%), Ministry of Health (7.6%), Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (6.1%), Uzbekneftgaz national holding company (4.8%).

In January-September 2007 the actual earnings from privatization and decentralization amounted to UZS 71.6 billion. The most part of them has been observed in the city of Tashkent (55.1% of the total funds received from privatization and decentralization), Tashkent Province (25.5%), Khorezm Province (7.4%) and Samarkand Province (3.4%), according to the report.