BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 30. Kyrgyzstan exported 1,511 tons of potato in January 2023, which is a decrease of 57 percent over 3,483 tons in the same month of 2022, Trend reports via the State Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan.
The value of the exports in the reporting period totaled $558,500, increasing by 5 percent year-on-year ($534,900 in January 2022).
The main buyer of the Kyrgyz potato in the first month of 2023 was Kazakhstan – 1,338 tons for $513,400. The volume of the exports decreased by 20 percent year-on-year (1,668 tons in January 2022).
Kyrgyzstan also exported 93 tons of potato to Uzbekistan in January 2023, which is a significant decrease of 19.5 times compared to January 2022 (1,814 tons)
Additionally, in the reporting period, Kyrgyzstan exported 80 tons of potato for $31,200 to Russia.
Kyrgyzstan's overall trade turnover amounted to $834.7 million in January 2023, which is an increase of near 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.