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Kyrgyzstan's trade turnover with Uzbekistan over $336M

Business Materials 2 March 2019 14:58 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, March 2

By Fakhri Vakilov - Trend:

Uzbekistan holds 5 percent in Kyrgyzstan's commodity turnover, including 9 percent in exports and 3.6 percent in imports, Trend reports with reference to the Kyrgyz Ministry of Economy.

In 2018, the trade turnover of Kyrgyzstan with Uzbekistan amounted to $336.5 million and increased by 8.6 percent compared to 2017, including exports - $158.5 million (a growth by 8.3 percent), imports - $178 million (an increase of 8.8 percent).

The ministry states that during a meeting of the Kyrgyz Minister of Economy Oleg Pankratov with the ambassador of Uzbekistan in Kyrgyzstan Komil Rashidov on February 28, an exchange of views took place on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek cooperation and the main interstate events scheduled for 2019 were discussed.

The implementation of the previously reached agreements was also considered.

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