BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 30
By Ilkin Seyfaddini - Trend:
Uzbekistan has increased import of oil and oil products from January through June 2020, Trend reports referring to the statistical bulletin of the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan.
In accordance with the official statistics, oil and oil products worth $409.2 million were imported into the country which is 4.2 percent more than in the first half of 2019.
During first half of 2019, Uzbekistan imported oil and oil products worth $353.9 million.
According to the results of the reporting period, the first place among large import partner countries was held by China with a share of import in the total volume of 21.4 percent, followed by Russia (20.1 percent).
The foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan in the first six months of 2020, compared to the same period of 2019, decreased by 18.2 percent.
Out of total volume of foreign trade turnover, the export made up $6.2 billion (as compared to the period from January through 2019, the index decreased by 22.6 percent), while the import made up $9.5 billion (a 15 percent decrease).
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