By January-February results Kazakhstan took the second place in CIS on industrial growth rates, only after Georgia

/IRBIS, March 28, 00/ - PRIME-TASS informs, with the reference to Statistics committee of CIS, that by January-February results Kazakhstan took the second place in CIS on industrial growth rates, only after Georgia. PRIME-TASS informs that during first two months industrial production rose 17.8% in Georgia, 14.8% in Kazakhstan, and 13% in Russia. Industrial decline has been observed in one country only - Kyrgyzstan (3.8%), said the committee. It is said industrial growth reached 10.2% in Ukraine, 8.6% in Belarus, 7% in Moldova, 5.5% in Tadjikistan, 4.6% in Uzbekistan, 4.5% in Azerbaijan, and 1% in Armenia. As usually, there is no data on production dynamics in Turkmenistan. Information on GDP in January, 2000 for 7 countries of CIS with the most growth rates: Azerbaijan - 7.4%, Belarus - 7%, Ukraine and Kazakhstan - 6.1% each, Kyrgyzstan - 1.7%, Tadjikistan - 1.5% and Armenia - 1.4%. It is said no decrease was observed in any of the countries whose figures are available.