BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 21. The trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan increased by 1.2 percent from January through May 2022 compared to the same period of 2021 and amounted to $322.6 million, Trend reports with reference to the Business Turkmenistan website.
During the reporting period, Uzbekistan’s imports from Turkmenistan amounted to $259.6 million, while export - were $62.9 million. Thus, Turkmenistan entered the top 10 biggest foreign trade partners of Uzbekistan from January through May 2022.
Uzbekistan's foreign trade turnover in the first 5 months of 2022 exceeded $20.5 billion, an increase of 37.4 percent, or $5.58 billion compared to the same period in 2021.
During this period, the largest volume of Uzbekistan's foreign trade fell on China - $ 3.8 billion.
The trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan amounted to $881.9 million in 2021, which is 61 percent more than in 2020.