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Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover grows by over 6% since early 2014

Business Materials 19 July 2014 10:04 (UTC +04:00)
Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover increased by 6.3 percent in the first half of 2014 up to $14 billion as compared with the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data,
Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover grows by over 6% since early 2014

Tashkent, Uzbekistan, July 18

By Demir Azizov - Trend:

Uzbekistan's foreign trade turnover increased by 6.3 percent in the first half of 2014 up to $14 billion as compared with the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data, Uzbek State Statistics Committee said on July 17.

Within the total foreign trade turnover the exports stood at $7.22 billion, or 8 percent more than the figures for the same period of 2013. In turn, the imports increased by 4.6 percent up to $6.74 billion, according to a message from the statistics committee.

Uzbekistan's trade surplus in January-June, 2014 stood at $482.1 million compared to $242 million a year earlier, according to the data from the Uzbek statistics committee.

The data on the exports' and imports' commodity structure, as well as, on Uzbekistan's key trade partners in the mentioned period has not been provided in the committee's message.

The State Statistics Committee said that in 2013 the foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan grew by 9.4 percent up to $28.886 billion, and the exports grew by 10.9 percent up to $15.87 billion, imports - by 7.7 percent up to $13,798 billion, while the trade surplus was $1.288 billion.

Edited by S.I.

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