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Volume of money transfers to Uzbekistan increased by 2.2 times
In Uzbekistan, the volume of cross-border money transfers increased by 2.2 times, the Central Bank said in its report.
Photo: REUTERS / Cagla Gurdogan
Reportedly, in January-October of this year, growth trends in both export earnings and import payments were observed in foreign trade.
The volume of export earnings (excluding export of gold) increased by 23.3%, and import – by 21.2%, the volume of cross-border money transfers – 2.2 times.
Also during this period, a positive difference was formed between the purchase of foreign currency from the population and the sale of foreign currency to the population by banks, which amounted to $2.8 billion.
“This situation, observed in foreign economic relations, balanced the domestic foreign exchange market and had a positive impact on the stability of the national currency, the exchange rate of the soum against the US dollar weakened by 3.5% compared to the beginning of the year,” the message says.
At the end of October, the Central Bank also reported that over the past 9 months of this year, the volume of money transfers to Uzbekistan increased by 2.2 times, to $12.6 billion.
