BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 10. Uzbekistan has imported some 2,370 cubic meters of softwood lumber from Russia's Perm Krai at the beginning of March 2023, Trend reports citing the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor).
According to the Rosselkhoznadzor, a total of 13,518 cubic meters of lumber have been exported from Perm Krai to Uzbekistan since the beginning of 2023. About 171 phytosanitary certificates were issued.
At the same time, Uzbekistan imported some 2,800 cubic meters of lumber and about 4,000 units of rounded logs and door leaves, from Russia’s Kostroma region, from January through February 2023.
The Rosselkhoznadzor notes that during the first two months of 2023, the volume of lumber imported by Uzbekistan increased by 4.3 times per cubic meter, while rounded logs imports exceeded by 1.5 times in pieces, compared to the same period in 2022.
Meanwhile, Russia was the largest foreign trade partner of Uzbekistan in January 2023. The trade turnover between the countries amounted to $688.4 million – an increase of 19.7 percent compared to the reporting period in 2022 – $574.9 million.
Russia’s imports from Uzbekistan in the reporting period made up $218.8 million, increasing by 20.1 percent over January 2022 ($182.1 million), while exports amounted to $469.6 million.