DEVELOPMENT FACTORS AND CONTEMPORARY TRENDS OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY IN UZBEKISTAN: AN ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

{"The":[0,61,161,173,229],"food":[1,35,208],"industry":[2,36],"is":[3,63],"a":[4],"strategically":[5],"important":[6],"component":[7],"of":[8,33,73,76,175,206,213,236],"Uzbekistan's":[9,34],"industrial":[10],"and":[11,22,49,52,78,87,102,116,188,199,216,247,259,263],"agrifood":[12],"system,":[13],"linking":[14],"agricultural":[15],"production":[16,131,209],"with":[17],"processing,":[18,252],"storage,":[19],"logistics,":[20],"trade,":[21,51],"final":[23],"consumption.":[24],"This":[25],"study":[26,62,227],"aims":[27],"to":[28,142,157,184,191],"assess":[29],"the":[30,54,69,74,79,97,226,233],"development":[31,238],"dynamics":[32],"during":[37],"2017–2025,":[38],"identify":[39],"major":[40],"changes":[41],"in":[42,140,146,182,186,193,210,239],"investment":[43,151],"activity,":[44],"entrepreneurial":[45],"structure,":[46],"regional":[47,99,255],"production,":[48],"foreign":[50],"determine":[53],"principal":[55],"directions":[56],"for":[57,204],"improving":[58],"sectoral":[59],"efficiency.":[60],"based":[64],"on":[65,221,244,249],"official":[66],"data":[67],"from":[68,112,136,153,180],"National":[70],"Statistics":[71],"Committee":[72],"Republic":[75],"Uzbekistan":[77,240],"SIAT":[80],"statistical":[81],"information":[82],"system.":[83],"Dynamic,":[84],"structural,":[85],"comparative,":[86],"correlation":[88,104,164],"analyses":[89],"were":[90,106,110,122],"applied.":[91],"Compound":[92],"annual":[93],"growth":[94],"rates":[95],"(CAGR),":[96],"CR3":[98],"concentration":[100],"ratio,":[101],"Pearson's":[103],"coefficient":[105],"calculated.":[107],"Current-price":[108],"indicators":[109],"distinguished":[111],"real":[113],"physical":[114],"growth,":[115],"correlations":[117],"between":[118],"trending":[119],"nominal":[120,162,245],"series":[121],"interpreted":[123],"as":[124],"associations":[125],"rather":[126],"than":[127,223],"causal":[128],"effects.":[129],"Food":[130],"at":[132],"current":[133],"prices":[134],"increased":[135,179],"UZS":[137,143,154,158],"23.2":[138],"trillion":[139,145,156],"2017":[141,183],"152.1":[144],"2025,":[147],"while":[148],"fixed":[149],"capital":[150],"rose":[152],"1.18":[155],"13.76":[159],"trillion.":[160],"productioninvestment":[163],"was":[165,170],"strong":[166],"(r≈0.981),":[167],"although":[168],"causality":[169],"not":[171],"established.":[172],"number":[174],"operating":[176],"food-manufacturing":[177],"enterprises":[178],"8,875":[181],"22,717":[185],"2023":[187],"then":[189],"declined":[190],"11,449":[192],"2025.":[194,211],"Tashkent":[195,197],"City,":[196],"Region,":[198],"Samarkand":[200],"Region":[201],"jointly":[202],"accounted":[203],"45.1%":[205],"national":[207],"Imports":[212],"\\"food":[214],"products":[215],"live":[217],"animals\\"":[218],"grew":[219],"faster":[220],"average":[222],"exports":[224],"over":[225],"period.":[228],"results":[230],"indicate":[231],"that":[232],"next":[234],"stage":[235],"food-industry":[237],"should":[241],"focus":[242],"less":[243],"expansion":[246],"more":[248],"productivity,":[250],"deeper":[251],"efficient":[253],"investment,":[254],"value":[256],"chains,":[257],"cold-chain":[258],"logistics":[260],"infrastructure,":[261],"digitalization,":[262],"higher-value-added":[264],"production.":[265]}