TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, September 25. Uzbekistan’s imported goods amounted to $23.6 billion from January through August 2023, which is 20.2 percent more than in the same period of 2022, Trend reports.
The data from Uzbekistan’s State Statistics Committee shows that the main share of the import's structure is occupied by machinery and transport equipment (38.2 percent), industrial goods (16.8 percent), and chemical products (13.4 percent).
The volume of imports of services in the reporting period amounted to $1.5 billion (6.7 percent of the total import volumes) and decreased by 4.9 percent compared to the same period in 2022. As part of the import of services, the main share is taken by travel (50.1 percent), transport services (21.2 percent), computer and information services (9.1 percent), as well as other business services (4.8 percent).
In addition, other services, including maintenance and repair services (3.9 percent), construction services (3.2 percent), fees for the use of intellectual property (3.1 percent), etc., accounted for 14.8 percent of total imports to Uzbekistan.
The volume of industrial goods in the structure of imports reached $3.9 billion and increased by 6.3 percent from January through August 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.
Main imports of industrial goods comprise cast iron and steel ($1.5 billion), metal products ($549 million), textile yarn, fabrics, finished products ($441 million), rubber products ($348 million), etc.
The volume of imports of goods increased by $4 billion and amounted to $22 billion, while imports of services reached $1.5 billion in the first 8 months of 2023, as Uzbekistan imported goods and services from 169 countries, with more than 60 percent coming from China, Russia, Kazakhstan, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, Germany, and Brazil.
Meanwhile, Uzbekistan’s trade turnover amounted to $40 billion from January through August 2023, which is 23.2 percent ($7.5 billion) more compared to the same period last year. Of these, the volume of exports amounted to $16.4 billion, an increase of 27.8 percent compared to 2022 calculations.