BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 28. Kyrgyzstan imported 1,904 tons of bananas in January 2023, which is a decrease of 1.5 times year-on-year (2,922 tons in January 2022), Trend reports via the State Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan.
The value of the imports in the reporting period amounted to $1.2 million, which is a decrease of 1.3 times over $1.6 million in January 2022.
The main supplier of bananas to Kyrgyzstan in January 2023 was Ecuador. The country exported to Kyrgyzstan 1,421 tons of fruits for $774,000. The volume of the exports decreased by 1.8 times compared to January last year (2,579 tons).
At the same time, Kyrgyzstan by 1.5 times increased imports of bananas from Russia – from 250 tons to 391 tons.
Additionally, some 91 tons of bananas for $94,000 were imported by Kyrgyzstan from Kazakhstan.
Kyrgyzstan's trade turnover amounted to $834.7 million in January 2023, which is an increase of nearly 20 percent year-on-year ($692.5 million in January 2022).
The exports from Kyrgyzstan totaled $125.5 million, which is an increase of 11 percent compared to $111 million in January 2022. The imports to Kyrgyzstan reached $709 million, increasing by 22 percent compared to $581 million in January 2022.