Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Oct. 29
By Diana Aliyeva– Trend:
The foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan amounted to about $20 billion, including exports - $10.4 billion and imports - $9.6 billion in January-September 2017, the Uzbek State Statistics Committee said.
The foreign trade balance amounted to $767.7 million.
Among the CIS countries the main foreign trade partners of Uzbekistan are Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine and Tajikistan, for which 28.6 percent of foreign trade turnover accounts.
Among other countries are China, Turkey, the Republic of Korea, Germany, Afghanistan, Brazil, India, Latvia, Iran, France, Lithuania, the US and Italy, for which 40.4 percent of the total foreign trade turnover accounts.
Export of machinery and equipment increased by 60.5 percent due to an increase in export of transformers and batteries - by 72.1 percent and cable and wire products - by 30.2 percent.
The volume of exports of food products increased by 23.5 percent due to an increase in export of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages by 64.6 percent, wheat - by 27.1 percent, fruits and vegetables by 13.9 percent.
The volume of exports of ferrous and non-ferrous metals increased by 24.8 percent due to an increase in the volume of zinc by 53.5 percent, special profiles - by 11.1 percent, copper and copper items by 23.2 percent.
Meanwhile, 38.7 percent accounts for imports of machinery, equipment, while 17 percent - chemicals.
The share of services in total exports is 24.9 percent, 11.9 percent of which account for transport services and 10.8 percent - trips.
The volume of exports of fruits and vegetables amounted to $479.9 million in January-September 2017, which is 13.9 percent more compared to the same period of 2016.
Moreover, 38.8 percent out of the total fruit and vegetable output accounts for fruits and berries (12.4 percent growth in January-September 2017 compared to the same period of 2016), vegetables - 30.4 percent (21.9 percent growth), grapes - 19.9 percent ( 5.7 percent growth), processed fruits and vegetables - 4.5 percent (83.6 percent growth).
The main foreign trade partners are Kazakhstan (49.9 percent out of the total volume), Russia (19 percent), Kyrgyzstan (5.2 percent), China (5.1 percent), Afghanistan (5 percent), Turkey (4.5 percent) and India (2 percent).
The volume of exports of textile products amounted to $843.2 million in January-September 2017, which is 27.1 percent more compared to January-September 2016.
Meanwhile, 4.5 percent of the total volume of textile products accounts for cotton yarn in January-September 2017 (32.1 percent growth compared to January-September 2016), knitted goods - 1.9 percent (33.6 percent growth), cotton fabrics - 0.4 percent (21.9 growth).
