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INFORMATION ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS OF ENTERPRISES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE KHOREZM REGION as of April 1, 2020

(excluding farms and dekhkan farms)

In accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of dated September 25, 2012 No. 274 “On approval of the Regulation on the Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations”, a database of the Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations is maintained.

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Attention paid to business entities in our country in recent years

As a result of the reforms that have been consistently carried out in our country since the first years of independence, today we are making great strides in all areas of the economy. The economic indicators of our country are growing from year to year. In addition to the changes that have occurred in all areas since independence, large-scale reforms are also being carried out in the field of statistics in order to reflect the processes and changes in our socio-economic life in accordance with international standards. In turn, important decisions were made in the legislation on state registration, registration of business entities, and an automated registration system was developed that is being applied in practice. Information on enterprises and organizations was compiled on the basis of the database of the State Services Agency under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as of April 1, 2020 (excluding farms and dekhkan farms).

The number of the registered enterprises and organizations (units)

As of April 1, 2020, the number of 21 188 registered enterprises and organizations 17 313 reached 21 188 units, which is 22,3 % 14 614 more than the same period last year. As a result, the number of operating enterprises and organizations, compared to the same period last year, increased by 3 531 (21,5 %) and reached 19 921 units. 2018 2019 2020

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The number of the registered business enterprises (units)

A total of 21 188 enterprises and organizations

Limited Private Family Joint Stock liability Unitary Other enterprises businesses enterprises Companies companies 3 347 units. 5 460 units. 3 243 units. 156 units. 29 units. 8 953 units.

The number of the registered enterprises and organizations

As of April 1, 2020, the number of registered enterprises and organizations amounted to 21 188 units and if we consider the types of economic activity, the trade sector accounts for 26,8 %, industry 17,0%, agriculture, forestry and fisheries 10,0 %, construction 9,1 %, accommodation and food services 6,6 %, transportation and storage of 3,5 %, health and social services 2,2 %, information and communications 1,3 %, to other areas of economic activity 23,5 %.

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The number of the registered enterprises and organizations by type of economic activity (units)

2 107 1 303 10,0 % Agriculture, forestry and

fisheries 01.04.2019 01.04.2020

2 878 3 606 17,0 %

Industry 01.04.2019 01.04.2020

1 930 1 689 9,1 %

Construction 01.04.2019 01.04.2020

4 476 5 674 26,8 %

Trade 01.04.2019 01.04.2020 741 638 3,5 %

01.04.2019 01.04.2020 Transportation and storage 1 401 1 081 6,6 %

01.04.2019 01.04.2020 Accommodation and

catering services 279 246

1,3 % 01.04.2019 01.04.2020 Information and 354 468 communication

2,2 % 01.04.2019 01.04.2020 Health and social

services 4 982

4 648

23,5 % 01.04.2019 01.04.2020 Other

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The number of the registered enterprises and organizations by regions (units)

Urgench region region Khazarasp region 2 290 1 727 1 515

Urgench city Khiva city Khanka region 5 001 1 873 1 635

Yangibazar Gurlen region Bagat region region 1 353 1 129 977

Kushkupyr Yangiaryk region region Shavat region 1 252 1 064 1 372

As you can see, the distribution of the number of the registered enterprises and organizations is as follows: in the city of Urgench it comprises 5 001 and 2 290 in Urgench region, while in Khiva city the number comes to 1 873 units and 1 727 units in Khiva region; as to Khanka region it amounts 1 635 units whereas it is a bit less in Khazarasp region comprising 1 515 units. Here are more numbers and regions ranging: 1 372 units in Kushkupyr region, 1 353 units in Gurlen region, 1 252 units in Yangiaryk region, 1 129 units in Bagat region, 1 064 units in Shavat region and finally, 977 units in Yangibazar region.

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Existing enterprises and organizations

The number of operating enterprises and organizations, compared with the same period last year, increased by 3 531 units (21,5 %) and their total number has reached 19 921 units.

The share of existing enterprises and organizations by type of economic activity( in percentage)

Trade 26,9%

The number of operating enterprises and organizations by region in the city of Urgench has amounted 4 599 units, Urgench region - 2 140 units, the city of Khiva – 1 778 units, Khanka region – 1 591 units, Khiva city 1 576 units, Khazarasp region – 1 458 units, Kushkupyr region – 1 302 units, Gurlen region – 1 299 units, Yangiaryk region – 1 194 units, Bagat region – 1 054 units, Shavat region - 987 units and Yangibazar region - 943 units.

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The number of operating enterprises and organizations by region (units)

Yangibazar region-943

Shavat region-987

Bagat region-1 054

Yangiaryk region-1 194

Gurlen region-1 299

Kushkupyr region -1 302

Khazarasp region-1 458

Khiva region-1 576

Khanka region-1 591

Khiva city-1 778

Urgench region-2 140

Urgench city- 4 599

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Newly created enterprises and organizations

In January-March 2020, 1 654 enterprises and organizations were created, which is 11,6 % less than the same period last year. The largest part of the total number of newly created enterprises and organizations is in the city of Urgench - 286 (units), Yangibazar region - 167 (units), Gurlen region - 160 (units) and Kushkupyr region- 152 (units). In contrast, the following regions showed a low creation rates: Shavat region - 70 (units), Khazarasp region - 85 (units), Khiva region - 96 (units) and Bagat region – 111 ( units).

Number of newly created enterprises and organizations by region, (for January-March 2020, units)

Shavat region 300 Urgench city 286 Khazarasp region 250 200

Yangibazar region 150 Khiva region 167 100 70 85 160 50 96 Gurlen region 0 Bagat region 111 152 118 138 Kushkupyr region 137 134 Yangiaryk region

Urgench region Khiva city Khanka region

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Share of newly created enterprises and organizations by type of economic activity (January-March 2020, share in %)

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries Industry 23,0 % 24,0 %

Construction Trade industry 5,6 % 27,7 %

Transportation and Accommodation and storage food services 2,4 % 6,4 %

Information and communication Health and social care 2,2 % 1,4 %

Other 7,3 %

In January-March 2020, the number of newly created enterprises and organizations by type of economic activity in the field of trade amounted to 459 (units), industry 397 (units), agriculture, forestry and fisheries 380 (units), accommodation services and food 106 (units), construction 93 (units), transportation and storage 37 (units), health and social services 34 (units), information and communication 23 (units), as well as in the field of other types 125 (units).

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The number of operating commercial enterprises according to the classifier of legal forms (units)

95 As of April 1, 2020, the Other 28 Joint-Stock number of operating Company 139 commercial enterprises and

Unitary organizations amounted to Enterprise 16 836 (units), of which 3 044 3 044 (units) - family Family business enterprises, 5 093 (units) - private enterprises, 8 437(units)

16 836 5 093 - limited liability companies and 262 (units) - other Commercial Enterprises Private enterprises and organizations. Enterprise

8 437 Limited liability company

The number and proportion of newly created enterprises and organizations (units, share in %) 2000 186,0 % 4,9 t.m. 90,5 % 92,4 % 70,5 % 400

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1400 -400

1100 1 808 1 637 -800

800 640 -1200

451 500 344 -1600

200 -2000 01.01.20162016 01.01.20172017 01.01.2018201 8 01.01.20192019 01.01.20202020

newly created enterprises and organizations growth compared to the same period last year

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Number of small enterprises and micro firms

As of April 1, 2020, the number of operating small enterprises and micro firms in the region amounted to 16 742 units. This indicator is 25,5 % more than the same period last year. Number of operating small enterprises and micro firms by regions (units)

small enterprises small and microfirms microfirms enterprises

Khorezm Province 16 742 928 15 814

Urgench city 3 904 323 3 581

Khiva city 1 645 58 1 587

Regions:

Bagat 823 41 782

Gurlen region 1 078 65 1 013

Kushkupyr region 1 060 33 1 027

Urgench region 1 863 128 1 735

Khazarasp region 1 148 56 1 092

Khanka region 1 338 76 1 262

Khiva region 1 363 37 1 326

Shavat region 751 44 707

Yangiaryk region 997 31 966

Yangibazar region 772 36 736

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The share of regions in the total number of operating small enterprises and microfirms as of April 1, 2020 (share in %)

High share Low share • Urgench city • Gurlen region 23,3 % 6,5 % • Urgench region • Kushkupyr region 11,1 % 6,3 % • Khiva city • Yangiaryk region 9,8 % 6,0 % • Khiva region • Bagat region 8,1 % 4,9 % • Khanka region • Yangibazar region 8,0 % 4,6 % • Khazarasp region • Shavat region 6,9 % 4,5 %

The largest number of the existing small enterprises and microfirms reached in Urgench city – 3 904 (23,3 %), 1 863 – in Urgench region (11,1 %), 1 645- in Khiva (9,8 %) and 1 363 – in Khiva region (8,1 %). The total number of operating small enterprises and micro firms comprise 16 742 (units), 5 330 (31,8 %) of which come to trade, while industry accounts - 3 350 (20,0 %), agriculture, forestry and fisheries - 1 935 (11,6 %), construction - 1 794 (10,7 %), accommodation and food services – 1 283 (7,7 %), transportation and storage services – 687 (4,1 %), healthcare and the provision of social services - 373 (2,2 %), information and communication – 243 (1,5 %), and other economic activities amounting 1 747 (10,4 %).

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Number of operating small enterprises and microfirms by type of economic activity (units)

01.04.2019 01.04.2020

Information and 212 communication 243 Health and social 276 care services 373

Transportation and 687 598 storage

Accommodation and 988 1 283 food services

1 198 Construction 1 794 industry

1 576 Agriculture, forestry 1 935 and fisheries 2 713 3 350 Industry

4 242 Trade 5 330

1 532 Other 1 747

According to the results of January-March 2020, the number of newly created small enterprises and microfirms amounted to 1 633 units, which is 171 (units) less than the same period last year. The largest number of newly created small businesses falls on the city of Urgench (283 units), Yangibazar (166 units), Gurlen (159 units), Kushkupyr (150 units), Urgench (137 units), Khanka (135 units), the city of Khiva (133 units), Yangiaryk (116 units), Bagat (110 units), Khiva (93 units), Khazarasp (82 units) and Shavat (69 units) regions.

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Share of newly created small enterprises and microfirms January-March 2020 by type of economic activity (share in %)

Agriculture, forestry Accommodation and and fisheries food services 23,2 % 2,3 %

Industry Accommodation and 24,2 % food services 6,5 %

Construction industry Information and 5,7 % communication 1,4 %

Trade Health and social 28,1 % care services 2,1 %

Others 6,5 %

If we consider the number of newly created small enterprises and microfirms by type of economic activity, the largest amount falls on the sphere of trade - 459 units, industry - 396 units, agriculture, forestry and fisheries - 379 units and accommodation and food services - 106 units. The smallest number falls on the sphere of information and communication - 23 units, health care and the provision of social services - 34 units, as well as transportation and storage - 37 units.

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Number of family enterprises

As of April 1, 2020, the number of registered family enterprises that passed state registration as legal entities amounted to 3 243 units, of which the operating ones reached 3 044 units, or 93,9 %. Compared to the previous year, an increase in the number of registered and operating family enterprises averaged 84,2 %.

Number of family enterprises (units)

2019 2020

1 663 3 044

Registered Operating

1 750 3 243

Information on the number of family enterprises (units)

Urgench city 573 531

Khiva city 409 390

Urgench region 399 373

Khanka region 372 362

330 307 Kushkupyr … 247 227 Registered Yangiaryk … 218 207 Operating Khiva region 201 185 Bagat region Yangibazar … 176 165 Gurlen region 136 127 Shavat region 113 104 Khazarasp … 69 66

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Number of newly created family businesses January-March 2020 (units)

The number of Specific gravity,

enterprises % Khorezm Province 659 100,0

Urgench city 72 10,9

Khiva city 72 10,9

Regions:

Bagat 46 7,0

Gurlen region 43 6,5

Kushkupyr region 69 10,5

Urgench region 45 6,8

Khazarasp region 18 2,7

Khanka region 88 13,3

Khiva region 26 4,0

Shavat region 19 2,9

Yangiaryk region 69 10,5

Yangibazar region 92 14,0

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The share of newly created family enterprises in the context of economic activities (for January-March 2020, %)

Transportati Other on and 5,9 % storage 0,3 % Construction Trade industry 25,8 % 0,3 %

Industry 31,4 %

Agriculture, f orestry and fisheries 23,1 % Information and communication 0,6 % Health and social care Accommodation services and food 1,4 % industry 11,2 %

If we consider the number of newly created family enterprises by type of economic activity, the highest share falls on industry – 31,4 % (207 units), trade – 25,8 % (170 units), agriculture, forestry and fisheries - 23,1 % (152 units), accommodation and food services – 11,2 % (74 units), healthcare and the provision of social services – 1,4 % (9 units), information and communication – 0,6 % (4 units), construction – 0,3 % (2 units), transportation and storage – 0,3 % (2 units) and other types – 5,9 % (39 units).

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Enterprises with foreign capital

As of April 1, 2020, the number of operating enterprises with foreign capital amounted to 150 units. Compared to the same period last year, their number increased by 69 units, or 85,2 %. The majority of existing enterprises with foreign capital are in the city of Urgench - 45 (30,0 %), Urgench region - 19 (12,7 %) and the city of Khiva – 14 (9,3 %). The smallest part of them was recorded in Yangiaryk 6 (4,0 %), Kushkupyr - 6 (4,0 %), Gurlen 7 (4,7 %) and Hanka - 7 (4,7 %) regions.

The growth dynamics of existing enterprises with foreign capital (units)

158 150

84 81 52 52

Registered Operating

2018 2019 2020

Also, 92 enterprises with foreign capital are joint ventures, and 58 enterprises are foreign.

Total 150

Foreign enterprises Joint 58 ventures 92

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The number of operating enterprises with foreign capital of a number of countries, (units)

Korea 9 29

China Russia 12 150 37

Turkey Others

25 38

The number of operating enterprises with foreign capital by type of economic activity (share in %)

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 0,7 % 2,7 % 3,3 % 5,3 % 14,7 % Industry 2,0 %

Construction 17,3 % Trade

Transportation and storage

Accommodation and catering services

Information and communication

13,3 % Health and social services

40,7 % Others

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The number of operating enterprises with foreign capital by region (units)

Total joint ventures foreign enterprises

Khorezm Province 150 92 58

Urgench city 45 29 16

Khiva city 14 9 5

Regions:

Bagat 8 7 1

Gurlen region 7 6 1

Kushkupyr region 6 4 2

Urgench region 19 6 13

Khazarasp region 9 3 6

Khanka region 7 4 3

Khiva region 11 5 6

Shavat region 10 8 2

Yangiaryk region 6 4 2

Yangibazar region 8 7 1

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Newly established enterprises with foreign capital According to the results of January-March 2020, there were created 21enterprises with foreign capital in Khorezm Province. Compared to the same period last year, this number increased by 8 units. The amount of enterprises with foreign capital reached 10 (47,5 %) in Urgench city, in Urgench region – 3 (14,3 %) and 3 (14,3 %) in the city of Khiva. The smallest number was recorded in Hanka region – 1 (4,8 %), Khazarasp region 1 (4,8 %) and Yangibazar region – 1 (4,8 %).

The number of newly created enterprises with participation foreign capital by country (for January-March 2020, units)

Turkmenistan 5

Korea Russia 1 5

Kazakhstan Turkey 1 5

Iran USA 2 1

Switzerland 1

The number of newly created enterprises with the participation of residents of Turkmenistan amounted to 5 units, the Russian Federation 5 units, Turkey 5 units, Iran 2 units, the United States 1 unit, Switzerland 1 unit, Kazakhstan 1 unit and Korea 1 unit.

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If we consider newly created enterprises with the participation of foreign capital by type of economic activity, the largest number of them falls on construction (6 units), trade (5 units), industry (4 units), agriculture, forestry and fisheries (2 units) accommodation and food services (2 units), healthcare and social services (1 unit) and other activities (1 unit)

The share of newly created enterprises with foreign capital by type of economic activity

(for January-March 2020, %)

4,8 % 9,5 % 4,8 %

9,5 %

19,0 %

23,8 %

28,6 % Agriculture, forestry and fisheries Industry

Cinstruction Trade

Accommodation and catering services Health and social services

Others

Statistical Register Department

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