BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 6. Uzbekistan imported 3,600 tons of tea from 20 foreign countries worth $5 million in January 2023, Trend reports via Uzbekistan’s State Statistics Committee.
According to the committee, Uzbekistan’s tea imports increased by 30.8 percent, compared to the indicators of January 2022 (2,751 tons).
TOP-countries of origin for Uzbekistan's tea imports for January 2023:
Country |
Quantity |
China |
2,762 tons |
Iran |
335 tons |
Kenya |
144 tons |
India |
113 tons |
UAE |
76 tons |
Sri Lanka |
54 tons |
Russia |
27 tons |
Furthermore, in January 2023, Uzbekistan imported goods and services worth $2.9 million – an increase of 39.8 percent, compared to the figure for January 2022 ($2.1 million). The main share in import structure falls on machinery and transport equipment (45.6 percent), industrial goods (13.4 percent), as well as chemical products (12.1 percent).
During the first months of this year, Uzbekistan imported goods and services from 121 partners. The main Uzbekistan importers were countries such as Germany ($490.8 million), Russia ($469.6 million), China ($461 million), Kazakhstan ($276.8 million), Türkiye ($153.5million), South Korea ($141.4 million), Lithuania ($105 million), etc.