ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
September 1, 2007 Saturday

Azerbaijan leads among CIS countries by industrial growth in Jan-Jul

Azerbaijan had a strong lead in the list of other countries of the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in terms of industrial
growth in January-July 2007, the Prime Tass economic news agency said
on Friday, quoting a report of the CIS Interstate Statistics
Committee.

Azerbaijan’s industrial growth reached 34.7 percent in the first
seven months of the year versus the same period of 2006, Prime Tass
said.

Ukraine ranks second with 11.2-percent growth rate and Tajikistan was
the third (8.6 percent), Prime Tass said.

Belarus was the fourth with 7.8-percent growth rate. Russia followed
Belarus with 7.7 percent, Prime Tass said.

In January-July 2007, industrial output in Kazakhstan increased by
5.6 percent, in Kyrgyzstan – by four percent, in Armenia – by 1.3
percent and in Moldova – by 0.5 percent, Prime Tass said.

In the period under review, the CIS average industrial production
went up by eight percent as compared to the same months of last year,
Prime Tass said.

There is no information about industrial growth rates in Georgia,
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.