BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 26. Kyrgyzstan increased coal exports to Uzbekistan from January through July 2022, Trend reports citing the National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan.
The value of hard coal exports from Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan in the first 7 months of this year amounted to $8.3 million, which is an increase of 13.6 percent over the same period in 2021 ($7.3 million).
In addition, during the reporting period, Kyrgyzstan also exported brown coal to Uzbekistan in the amount of $9 million, which is 47.5 percent more than in the corresponding period of last year ($6.1 million).
Meanwhile, the total value of Kyrgyzstan's exports to Uzbekistan from January through July 2022 amounted to $118.6 million, which is an increase of 11.7 percent over the same period in 2021 ($106.1 million).