BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 23. Trade turnover between Kyrgyzstan and the US amounted to $246.8 million from January through December 2022, Trend reports with reverence to the State Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan.
According to the information, Kyrgyzstan and the US registered an increase of 2.3 times in bilateral trade last year, from $105 million in 2021.
The growth in trade turnover was induced by a 2.3 times increase in imports from the US to Kyrgyzstan. The figure amounted to $242 million from $101 million in 2021.
Exports from Kyrgyzstan to the US reached $4.8 million from $4.5 million in 2021, which is an increase of 6 percent.
Kyrgyzstan’s foreign trade turnover amounted to $11.8 billion in 2022, which is a 41-percent increase over the same period of 2021 ($8.3 billion).
Exports from Kyrgyzstan made up $2.1 billion in 2022, decreasing by 21 percent compared to 2021 ($2.7 billion).
Imports to Kyrgyzstan in the reporting period amounted to $9 billion in 2022, increasing by 72 percent from 2021 ($5 billion).