Uzbekistan Increased Imports of Gas, Cars, Gasoline, and Grain Over Nine Months
Uzbekistan's foreign trade turnover in January-September reached $65.4 billion, growing by 6.3% year-on-year. Meanwhile, imports rose while exports declined; notably increased supplies included gas, cars, gasoline, and grain.
Uzbekistan's foreign trade turnover for January-September increased amid a 15.7% rise in imports. Exports, by contrast, fell by 5.5%, and the negative foreign trade balance nearly doubled. These figures were reported by the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The cost of purchased gas increased by 1.5 times. Imports of cars and other transport grew by 26.4%, gasoline by 33.6%, and grain by 59.4%.
The country's largest trading partner remained China, followed by Russia. The top ten also included Kazakhstan, Turkey, Afghanistan, South Korea, the UAE, France, Hong Kong, and Kyrgyzstan.
