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About Uzbekistan. Industry.
In 2004, the key sector of material production, industry, accounted for 17.1%) of GDP, while agriculture accounting for 26.8%), construction - 4.5%), and services - 37.6%) (the remaining 14% were provided by net taxes).
The fuel-energy complex plays the leading role in the national industry - output of natural gas, oil, gas condensate, and coal - serve as basis for production of electric power, heat energy and liquid fuel. Their volumes (except for hard fuel) not only meet the domestic demand, but also form significant export resources.
The second leading sector is light industry, which is specialized on reproduction of raw cotton, cocoons of mulberry silkworms, wool, raw leather, as well as on production of cotton wool, yarn, fabrics, textiles and textile products, particularly, cloths and footwear.
Non-ferrous metallurgy, represented by output, enrichment and smelting of copper, zinc, gold, silver, wolfram, molybdenum, and several other strategically important metals, has primary export importance.
Machine-building sector of Uzbekistan produces such technically complicated products as passenger aircrafts, passenger cars, trucks, buses, transformers, tractors, cotton-harvesting machines, as well as other types of agricultural machinery and home appliances. During recent years, the volume and nomenclature of domestic production of mini-technologies that are necessary for organizing works at small enterprises, manufacturing shops, and handcraft shops, have increased.
Chemical industry, mainly oriented in meeting needs of giant agrarian sector, is specialized in production of nitrogen, phosphorus fertilizers and means of protection of plants. During recent years, on the local base of resources of domestic raw materials, production of chemical fibers, rubber, soda, and cotton-cellulose has been growing along with other products that are demanded in economy and everyday life.
The significant sectors - producers of construction materials include steel smelting and production of rolls on its base, as well as production of cement, glass, and other products with investment value, a part of which goes for export. Other sectors of the national industry - foodstuffs production, pharmaceutical, furniture, paper, and polygraphs - are mainly oriented in meeting domestic demands.