Uzbekistan's foreign trade turnover reached $50 billion in 2022, according to the telegram channel of the Statistics Agency under the President of Uzbekistan, Xinhua reports.
According to the results of 2022, the foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan increased by 18.6% compared to 2021, when the figure was $42.2 billion. The volume of exports from Uzbekistan at the end of last year amounted to $19.3 billion, and imports - $30.7 billion.
As a result, the negative balance of foreign trade turnover amounted to -11.4 billion dollars.
Among the 20 largest partner countries in foreign economic activity, there is an active foreign trade balance with three countries, in particular with such countries as Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. With the remaining 17 countries, a passive balance of foreign trade turnover is maintained.
Currently, Uzbekistan has trade relations with 204 countries of the world. The largest shares in the total volume of foreign trade turnover fall on Russia (18.6%), China (17.8%), Kazakhstan (9.2%), Turkey (6.4%), South Korea (4.7%), Kyrgyzstan (2.5%) and Germany (2.3%).
By groups of countries, the largest volume of foreign trade falls on the CIS countries - $19.2 billion, of which the EAEU countries - $17.1 billion, trade turnover with other countries amounted to $30.8 billion, including EU countries - 4.5 billion dollars.
In the foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan in the regional context, a significant share falls on the city of Tashkent - 39.1% or 19.5 billion dollars, and the smallest - 0.7% or 372.8 million dollars - on the Surkhandarya region.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
February 8, 2023