Gasoline imports rose by 33.6% to $454 million, while diesel imports fell by 19.1% to $189.1 million. Total imports of fuel and lubricants amounted to $1.152 billion, down 0.1% year on year, according to the National Statistics Committee.
Imports of mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials across the broader category reached $3.369 billion, an increase of 21.6%. The category’s share of Uzbekistan’s total imports rose from 8.1% to 8.5%.
Natural and manufactured gas imports increased by 49.9% to $1.605 billion. Imports of liquefied petroleum gas (propane) rose 3.8-fold to $152.2 million.
Meanwhile, imports of coal, coke and briquettes declined by 1.7% to $144.2 million, while electricity imports fell by 25% to $61.8 million.
Uzbekistan’s total imports of goods and services reached $39.6 billion in the first nine months of 2026, up 15.7% from a year earlier. The country imported goods and services from more than 160 countries.
At the same time, Uzbekistan’s exports of oil, petroleum products and related materials rose by 44.4% year on year to $672.5 million.
