BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 8
By Rufiz Hafizoghlu – Trend:
Turkey-Uzbekistan trade turnover made up $180.6 million in January 2020, which is increase by $13.3 million compared to the same month of 2019, Trend reports referring to Turkey’s Ministry of Trade on March 6.
"In January 2019, Turkey's export to Uzbekistan amounted to $71.1 million, and import from Uzbekistan made up $109.4 million," the ministry said.
Turkey is one of the largest five trade partners of Uzbekistan.
Turkey’s foreign trade turnover in January 2020 exceeded $33.9 billion.
In the reporting period, the export from Turkey exceeded $14.7 billion, which is increase by 6.4 percent compared to January 2019.
Turkey's import increased by 18.8 percent in January 2020 compared to the same month of 2019 and exceeded $19.2 billion.
From January through December 2019, trade turnover between Turkey and Uzbekistan has exceeded $2.2 billion.
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