The foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan in January-April reached $20.87 billion. Compared to last year, it increased by almost 6%, according to the report of the Statistics Agency.

The volume of exports increased by 9% and amounted to $8.49 billion, while imports increased only by 3.9% to $12.37 billion. The foreign trade deficit decreased slightly compared to last year and amounted to $3.88 billion.

Of the $2.1 billion in export revenue for April, gold sales provided more than a third, or $758.3 million. Since the beginning of the year, exports of the precious metal amounted to $3.42 billion, an increase of 11.8% over the year.

The first place in trade turnover with Uzbekistan remains with China – $3.96 billion, of which $3.31 billion was provided by Chinese exports. In second place with $3.84 billion is Russia, which remained the main export market for Uzbekistan ($1.02 billion).

The top 5 included Kazakhstan ($1.22 billion), Turkey ($920.2 million) and South Korea ($695 million). Trade with France ($386.4 million) increased by half, with exports more than doubling ($264.6 million).

Export

In addition to gold, manufactured goods remain the main commodity export for the country. Since the beginning of the year, revenue from their supplies reached $1.34 billion, or 3.1% more than last year.

Revenue from exports of textiles and fabrics increased by 3.5% and amounted to $704.2 million. Supplies of non-ferrous metals rose by 7% to $447.6 million, while exports of steel and cast iron decreased slightly ($69.9 million).

The volume of exports of chemical products amounted to $488.1 million (+31.8%). Inorganic substances showed more than 80% growth – up to $283.4 million, while fertilizer supplies slightly exceeded last year ($78.4 million, +1.2%).

Third place was taken by food exports with $473.7 million (+0.1%). Vegetables and fruits ($303 million, +13%), as well as grains ($128.3 million, -23.5%) continue to dominate here.

Exports of consumer goods amounted to $347.5 million (-6.6%). Revenue from clothing supplies amounted to $293.4 million (-6.7%), while for special devices it grew by 60% (to $5.6 million), for furniture - by 18.2% (to $5.6 million) .