The total value-added industrial output went up 4.6 percent year-on-year in 2023, up 1 percentage point from that of 2022, Xin said.
By the end of November last year, the number of large industrial enterprises reached 483,000, up 32,000 from that at the end of 2022, he added.
In recent years, cooperation between Uzbekistan and the European Union has reached a new level. In particular, transport and logistics are becoming one of the most important and strategic areas of this cooperation. By the end of 2024, Uzbekistan's freight traffic volume with Western countries amounted to 2.8 million tons, of which over 1 million tons were transported through Caspian Sea ports.
The economies of the Middle East and Central Asia are expected to expand by about 4 percent in 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced recently, highlighting the region’s resilience amid global economic uncertainty and persistent geopolitical tensions.