It was noted that total turnover of the UZEX made u 3.37 trillion soums in January-June 2013, which grew by 25.3% year-on-year. The volume of exchange trades made up 2.9 trillion soums (+25.8%), exhibition-fair trades – 270.7 billion soums (+15.3%) and electronic public procurement – 176.9 billion soums (+33.7%).
Products such as cement (28% market share), food products, including edible oil, flour and sugar (23%), non-ferrous metals (8%), liquefied gas (6%) and oil products (4%) led in structure of realized goods.
The export sales also increased in the reporting period. The volume of realized goods through exchange and exhibition-fair trades made up 162.68 billion soums, which rose by 38% year-on-year. Goods for 128.8 billion soums were realized through hard currency platform. Foreigners mainly purchased liquefied gas (28% of total volume), cement (22%), oil products (21%), polyethylene – 16%, mineral fertilizers – 22%.
The meeting said that the sellers received additional income for 1 trillion soums in the reporting period, which also rose by 26% year-on-year.
The small and private businesses recorded deals on purchase of goods for 1.3 trillion soums (+15%) and sale of their goods for 371.2 billion soums (+8.2%).
The volume of trades at public procurement platform grew by 33.7% to 176.9 billion soums, which saved budget resources made up 36.1 billion soums. Share of small businesses in total number of suppliers reached 82.9% and their number rose by 22.1%.
Food products (33%), repair of buildings and vehicles (20%), computer equipment and tools (12%) led in structure of procured goods and services by the budget organizations. The average sum of deals made up 1.4 million soums.