[lbo-talk] QI GDP growth in CIS

[Chris Doss]

Tajikistan posted highest industrial growth in CIS in Q1
MOSCOW. May 5 (Interfax) - Tajikistan posted the highest industrial growth 
among CIS countries in the first quarter of the year against the same period 
of 2002 at 14.1%, the CIS Inter-State Statistical Committee reported on 
Monday.

   In Moldova, production grew 12.8%, in Ukraine 10.7%, in Armenia 10.6%, in 
Kazakhstan 10.4%, in Kyrgyzstan 7.5%, in Belarus 6.7%, in Russia 6%, in 
Azerbaijan 5.9%, and in Georgia 2.8%. The statistics committee has no 
information about the situation in Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan.

   Industrial production in the CIS on the average increased 7% in 
January-March year-on-year, and GDP also grew 7%.

   In Tajikistan, GDP jumped 12.1%, in Armenia 11.3%, in Azerbaijan 7.9%, in 
Ukraine 7%, in Belarus 5.6%, in Kyrgyzstan 5.2%, and in Georgia 4.4%. In 
Russia the production of commodities and services in key industries went up 
6.7% in the first quarter of 2003.

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