Uzbekistan: GDP up in H1 2021

Uzbekistan’s GDP expanded by 6.2% YoY in January-June. The growth of industry comprised 8.5%, investment – 5.9% and the service sector – 8%. The inflation rate was 10.9%. The results for the reporting period were unveiled during a videoconference chaired by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on August 3. Industrial products worth $18.7 billion were manufactured with…

Georgia: fish production down in 2020

Fish production in aquaculture holdings equaled 2,071 tons in 2020 in Georgia, down by 16% YoY, the National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported. Production of Salmonidae amounted to 1,155 tons (-13.8%), Cyprinidae – 838.4 tons (-17.2%), while production of sturgeons equaled 60.1 tons (-22.4%) and production of Siluridae – 17.5 tons (+22.4%). Rainbow trout had the…