{"id":11160,"date":"2024-03-22T21:27:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T16:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invest-in-uzbekistan.org\/?p=11160"},"modified":"2024-03-22T21:27:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T16:27:28","slug":"v-fevrale-postavki-zolota-obespechili-polovinu-eksporta-uzbekistana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invest-in-uzbekistan.org\/en\/novosti-uzbekistana\/v-fevrale-postavki-zolota-obespechili-polovinu-eksporta-uzbekistana\/","title":{"rendered":"In February, gold supplies provided half of Uzbekistan\u2019s exports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan in January-February amounted to $9.19 billion, increasing year-on-year by 10.5%, Spot reports<\/a>, citing the State Statistics Committee.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The volume of exports increased by 13.6% – to $3.63 billion. At the same time, imports amounted to $6.28 billion, which is only 8.7% more than last year. The foreign trade deficit widened slightly and reached $2.65 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Last month, Uzbekistan exported gold worth $1.31 billion. In January-February 2023, supplies of the precious metal brought in $1.18 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
China remains the republic\u2019s largest trading partner, trade turnover with which almost doubled, amounting to $2.13 billion. Of this, $1.78 million was the import of goods and services\u2014the main importer on the Uzbekistan market.<\/span><\/p>\n
The second position is occupied by Russia with $1.76 billion, of which exports amounted to $493.4 million\u2014the main market for Uzbek products. This is followed by Kazakhstan ($581.5 million), Turkey ($435.5 million) and South Korea ($386.8 million).<\/span><\/p>\n
Export<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Excluding gold, manufactured goods remain the largest item of merchandise exports – $610.7 million. However, their supplies decreased by 0.4%.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Revenue from the export of textiles and fabrics increased by 5.6% and amounted to $360.2 million. Supplies of non-ferrous metals fell by 7.4% to $164.4 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The volume of exports of chemical products increased by 54.6%, amounting to $240.9 million. Inorganic substances showed a two-fold increase – to $147.2 million. Supplies of plastics ($37.8 million) and fertilizers ($33.5 million) also increased significantly.<\/span><\/p>\n
Third place was taken by food exports with $236.9 million (+6.6%). More than half of the supplies fell into the fruit and vegetable group ($154 million, +25.9%), and among the remaining export volume, grains brought in $65.1 million (-20%).<\/span><\/p>\n
Exports of consumer goods amounted to $185.5 million (-5.5%). Shipments of apparel items increased to $152.4 million (-5.4%), and\u00a0various ready-to-wear products approached $20 million (+61.8%).<\/span><\/p>\n
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In the engineering category, there was a decline of 9.8% to $128.2 million. If the export of automobiles decreased by 8% ($40.9 million), and the supply of electronics decreased by 10.3% ($29.5 million), then the export of industrial machinery and equipment increased by 13.5% and reached $152.7 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
At the same time, exports of primary goods increased. Thus, hydrocarbon supplies increased almost threefold – to $109.9 million. Gas saw a fourfold increase to $26.7 million, and petroleum products increased threefold – to $67.1 million<\/span><\/p>\n
Import<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
In the structure of imports of goods, engineering products lead with $2.44 billion (+2.4%). Deliveries of automobiles tripled ($718.3 million), electrical equipment – by 84.4% ($324.2 million), electrical equipment – by 66.6% ($176.1 million).<\/span><\/p>\n
Second place is occupied by manufactured goods – $1.13 billion, the supply of which increased by 32.2%. In this category, imports increased significantly for iron and steel (73.4%), metal products (19.9%) and non-ferrous metals (16.1%).<\/span><\/p>\n
Imports of chemical products decreased by 7.3% to $739.6 million. Costs for medical products amounted to $305.3 million (-1.4%), chemical materials – $128.8 million (+41.4%), plastics – $105.4 million (-15%).<\/span><\/p>\n
Imports of foreign food decreased by 6.9% and amounted to $534.7 million. The supply of grain products amounted to $148.7 million (-33.3%), vegetables and fruits – $99.2 million (+73.6%), sugar and confectionery – $60.7 million (-31%).<\/span><\/p>\n
In addition, supplies of fuel and fuels and lubricants increased by 62.7% – to $547.9 million. Imports of natural gas from Russia and Turkmenistan soared by 95.6 times, reaching $166.7 million. Coal supplies increased by half ($42 million ), oil and petroleum products – by 5.3% ($302.9 million).<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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