BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 18. Uzbekistan has exported textile products worth $501.8 million from January through February 2023, Trend reports via the Uzbek State Statistics Committee.
According to the statistics, exports of Uzbek textile products in the reporting period decreased by 3.9 percent, compared to the reporting period in 2022 ($522.7 million).
From January through February 2023, more than 460 types of Uzbek textile products were exported to 42 countries.
The statistics note that in the structure of textile exports, the main share is taken by cotton yarn (44 percent), finished textile products (41 percent), knitted fabric (8 percent), etc.
During the reporting period, the main importers of Uzbek textile products were Russia ($219.8 million), followed by Kyrgyzstan ($76 million), Türkiye ($72.3 million), China ($53.6 million), Kazakhstan ($12.1 million), Iran ($11.9 million), Poland ($11.4 million ), Belarus ($8.5 million), Italy ($5.5 million), Tajikistan ($4.9 million), Ukraine ($4.1 million), Germany ($3.2 million), Egypt ($3.1 million), and Azerbaijan ($2.9 million).
Back in 2022, Uzbekistan exported textile products worth $3.1 billion. From January through December 2022, more than 552 types of Uzbek textile products were exported to 73 countries of the world.