As of July 1, the volume of Uzbekistan's gold and FX reserves amounted to $33.72bn, according to the central bank's website.
During June, the volume of international assets decreased by almost $650mn. Compared to March, gold and FX reserves lost more than $1.68bn, reaching their lowest since the beginning of this year.
Hard currency assets amounted to $9.57bn – a record low figure for the entire time of publication of statistics. Over the past month, the figure has decreased by $514mn and remained below the $10bn mark for two months in a row.
The volume of deposits of the central bank in other countries, as well as in the IMF, went down by more than two and a half times, to $565.5mn.
At the same time, the gold reserves of the republic decreased slightly, amounting to $23.08bn at the beginning of July. Compared to the previous month, its value was lower by $137mn.
At the same time, the tonnage of gold in reserves increased by 1% to 12.1mn troy ounces (376.2 tonnes) against 11.9mn (370 tonnes) a month earlier. In addition, world prices for the precious metal declined slightly and at the end of June amounted to $1,930 per ounce.
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