Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover amounted to $59.8bn in January-September, marking a year on year increase of $11.14bn, or 22.9%, according to the state's statistical committee.

The expansion was driven by a 33.3% y/y rise in exports to $26.68bn, supported by stronger sales of agricultural goods, industrial products and services. Imports grew 15.6% y/y to $33.11bn, leaving the country with a trade deficit of $6.43bn.

China remained Uzbekistan’s largest trading partner, accounting for 19.1% of total turnover. Trade with China rose to $11.41bn in 9M25, compared with $9.04bn in the same period of 2024 and $9.45bn in 2023.

Russia followed with $9.39bn in trade, up from $8.66bn in 2024 and $7.03bn in 2023, while turnover with Kazakhstan totalled $3.48bn, rising from $3.01bn a year earlier. Other major trading partners included Turkey (3.6%) and the Republic of Korea (2.2%).

Uzbekistan traded with 206 countries in the first nine months of 2025.

Goods made up 74.7% of total exports, with industrial goods accounting for 10.7%, food products and live animals 7.7%, chemicals and similar products 5.7% and various finished goods 4.7%.

The main export partners were Russia (12.2%), China (5.2%), Kazakhstan (4.0%), Afghanistan (3.8%), Turkey (3.1%), France (2.6%), the UAE (2.1%), the Kyrgyz Republic (1.6%), Tajikistan (1.5%) and Pakistan (1.1%). Together, these countries accounted for 37.3% of total exports shipped.

Exports of fruit and vegetable products reached 1.61mn tonnes, representing a 7.5% increase (or an addition of 111,500 tonnes) compared with the same period in 2024. In value terms, the sector generated $1.45bn, up 39.3% y/y and made up 5.5% of total exports.

Meanwhile, textile exports fell 16.6% to $1.85bn, representing 6.9% of total exports. Finished textile goods made up 50.8% of the total, while yarn accounted for 29.0%.

Service exports totalled $6.76bn, a 31.6% y/y increase, accounting for 25.3% of total exports. The largest contributors were travel and tourism (52.9%), transport (31.7%), telecommunications, computer and information services (7.3%) and other business services (3.2%).

Uzbekistan imported goods and services worth $33.11bn during the period, up 15.6% y/y. The largest import categories were machinery and transport equipment (33.9%), industrial goods (15.9%) and chemicals and related products (12.3%).

Imports of goods increased by $3.53bn to $29.47bn, while service imports totalled $3.65bn, or 11% of the total, up 34.9% from a year earlier.

The bulk of imports came from China (30.3%), Russia (18.6%), Kazakhstan (7.3%), Turkey (4.0%), the Republic of Korea (3.8%), Germany (2.6%) and India (2.5%).

Service imports were dominated by travel and tourism (51.1%), followed by transport (20.3%), telecommunications, computer and information services (10.6%), other business services (6.6%) and miscellaneous services (11.3%).

In January–August, the country's foreign trade turnover rose 19.8% y/y to $51.4bn, driven by a 31.3% increase in exports to $22.98bn and an 11.8% rise in imports to $28.45bn, resulting in a trade deficit of $5.47bn.