OREANDA-NEWS. Number of registered legal entities in Uzbekistan (without dekhan farms and farmers) made up 266,400 units as of 1 January 2014, of which 241,200 units or 90.5% are operating, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said quoting the Single State Registrar of Enterprises and Organizations.

Largest number of the enterprises is registered in trade and catering (28.3% of total registered enterprises), industry (16.6%), construction (8.6%) and agriculture and forestry (8.5%).

Share of non-governmental enterprises in total number of registered companies made up 85.2%, of which 35.9% - private enterprises, 1.8% - enterprises with foreign capital and 47.5% - other enterprises.

The committee said that number of registered enterprises made up 27,800 units in January-December 2013 (including 26,300 units of small businesses), of which 24.6% of them registered in Tashkent city, 10.8% - Ferghana region, 8.8% - Tashkent region and 7% in Samarkand region.

About 28.1% of newly registered enterprises fell to share of trade and catering, 26.4% - industry, and 10% - construction.

In the reporting period, about 21,300 enterprises and organizations were liquidated, of which 5,600 were liquidated on voluntary bases.