TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, October 10. In the first nine months of 2025, the value of Uzbekistan’s imports of fuel and energy products fell by 4.2 percent compared to the same period in 2024, totaling $1.173 billion versus $1.225 billion, Trend reports, citing Uzbekistan's Customs Committee.
Conversely, the influx of diesel fuel imports exhibited a
substantial escalation: in fiscal metrics, there was a 61.9 percent
uptick to $419.03 million, whereas the volumetric supply approached
a near-doubling to 569.22 thousand tons.
Petroleum product imports exhibited a consistent trajectory
relative to the previous fiscal year, aggregating a monetary value
of $340.62 million, accompanied by a throughput of 587.63 thousand
metric tons.
The procurement metrics for motor and transmission lubricants
exhibited a marginal depreciation in monetary valuation,
contracting to $132.17 million, whereas the volumetric throughput
escalated to 74.8 thousand tons.
A significant drop was recorded in the heavy fuel oil and other liquid fuel segments. The value of heavy fuel oil imports fell more than threefold, from $348.86 million to $95.54 million, while volumes decreased from 888.7 thousand tons to 238.9 thousand tons.
Conversely, kerosene imports surged almost fourfold, reaching $61.59 million with a volume of 69 thousand tons, and shipments of other light distillates rose from $71.86 million to $96.81 million, with volumes increasing from 117.4 thousand tons to 166.8 thousand tons.
Imports of other liquid fuels declined both in value and volume, falling from $49.06 million to $27.64 million and from 72.7 thousand tons to 43.3 thousand tons, respectively.
