By January results Kazakhstan took the first place in CIS on industrial growth - Goskomstat RF

/IRBIS, March 2, 00/ - PRIME-TASS informs, with the reference to Goskomstat (Statistics agency) of Russian Federation (RF), that by January results Kazakhstan took the first place among CIS countries on industrial growth rate. Volume of industrial growth increased 12.5% relative to January of last year. Georgia took the second place (12.4%) and the third belong to Russia (10.7%). The others are (in decreasing order): Belarus - 6.6%, Moldova - 6.4%, Ukraine - 5.3%, Uzbekistan - 4.4%, Azerbaijan - 4.0% and Tadjikistan - 0.5%. A decrease in industrial production in January was observed in two CIS countries: Kyrgyzstan - 15.9% and Armenia - 5.7%. There is no information on Turkmenistan.