TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, May 24. Uzbekistan's volume of exports and services amounted to $4.9 billion (excluding non-monetary gold) from January through April 2024, Trend reports.
As per data from Uzbekistan’s Statistics Agency, this figure has increased by 8.8 percent compared to the same period in 2023 ($4.5 billion in January–April 2023).
In the structure of exports, goods account for 80.7 percent, out of which other goods account for 40.4 percent, manufactured goods for 15.9 percent, chemicals and similar products for 5.7 percent, and food products and live animals for 5.6 percent.
Services accounted for 19.3 percent during this period. In the composition of exports of services, the largest share falls on transportation services (44 percent), tourism (41.2 percent), telecommunication, computer and information services (9.1 percent), and other business services (2.7 percent).
The main export partners of goods and services in the foreign trade turnover were Russia ($1 billion), China ($644.4 million), Kazakhstan ($383.9 million), and Türkiye ($378 million) from January through April 2024.
In the export structure of the country, a significant share was noted in the city of Tashkent, which is 17.8 percent, or $1.5 billion, and the smallest share was recorded at the level of 0.8 percent, or $63.7 million, in the Jizzakh region.
Meanwhile, Uzbekistan's foreign trade turnover volume amounted to $20.9 billion from January through April 2024. This is 6 percent more year-on-year ($19.7 billion in January–April 2023).