Uzbekistan’s 4M23 foreign trade expands 13.4% y/y to $19.6bn

By Muzaffar Ismailov in Tashkent May 23, 2023

Uzbekistan's foreign trade turnover in 4M23 amounted to $19.57bn, marking an expansion of 13.4% y/y.

Exports were valued at $7.66bn, up 6.2% y/y. Imports showed a more significant increase, rising by 18.6% y/y to $11.91bn. The foreign trade deficit thus reached $4.25bn.

China remained Uzbekistan's top trading partner at $3.3bn (equating to almost 17% of total trade turnover), with imports from China accounting for $2.72bn. Russia retained the ranking of main export market for Uzbek goods at $585.4mn, while it was second for imports at $2.15bn.

Excluding gold, the largest share in Uzbekistan's commodity exports was accounted for by manufactured goods at $1.3bn, down 13.6% y/y.

Revenues from the export of textiles and fabrics decreased by almost 17% y/y to $680mn.

Read in IntelliNews Pro
Get IntelliNews Pro

Related Articles

Russia’s expulsions of migrants reportedly nearly double in 2024 to around 80,000

Russia in 2024 expelled more than 80,000 migrants for immigration rule violations, compared to 44,200 in 2023 and 26,600 in 2022, TASS reported on January 8. The Russian state news agency cited a ... more

Kazakhstan’s transit of Russian oil to Uzbekistan and China amounts to 10.2mn tonnes in 2024

Russia’s transit of oil through Kazakhstan’s pipeline system, operated by main pipeline operator KazTransOil, to China and Uzbekistan totalled 10.21mn tonnes in 2024, ... more

World Bank must wake up to Rogun mega dam “nightmare” in Tajikistan, say activists ahead of financing vote

The World Bank has to realise that the Rogun mega project “dream of the biggest dam [in the world] will turn into a nightmare for the people and nature in Tajikistan and beyond” and that it ... more

Follow Us On

Most Read

  1. RAGOZIN: What did we die for?
    2 days ago
  2. FPRI BMB Russia: Navalny’s health is worsening in prison, new protests planned
    3 years ago
  3. The EU removes three Russian oligarchs from the latest sanctions list under pressure from Hungary
    1 day ago
  4. Briefings reveal Nato chief called on EU and Turkey to improve relations amid pressing security concerns
    3 days ago
  5. Poland's adjusted income to overtake Japan's by 2026
    8 months ago
  1. Ukraine doesn't have any rare earth metals, and the strategic minerals it does have are not worth trillions of dollars
    19 days ago
  2. US administration 'misinformed about Romanian elections', says presidential candidate Nicusor Dan
    19 days ago
  3. Putin says sanctions have strengthened, not weakened, Russian economy
    22 days ago
  4. Fresh evidence suggests that the April 2022 Istanbul peace deal to end the war in Ukraine was stillborn
    10 months ago
  5. Kaliningrad becomes an energy island after Baltic States cut Russian grid connection
    1 month ago

Reports

Dismiss