MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Russia's 2000 gross domestic product growth figure was revised up to nine percent year-on-year from 8.3 percent, and the 1999 figure to 5.4 percent from 3.5 percent, the state statistics committee said.
The committee's first deputy chairman, Alexander Surinov, told Reuters the new figures were nearly final but could be revised further to include fresh data.
"The final estimate will be made when data on budget execution and some other data are approved and received," he said.
"We included new estimates on industry and made a new count of small businesses, which also influenced GDP revisions."
The committee's preliminary estimate on 2001 GDP growth is five percent.