Export market of UZEX grows by 75% in three days of the week

The structure of exported goods changed significantly. In the reporting period, liquefied gas, cathode copper and cement were realized at the UZEX’s hard currency platform.

The cathode copper was newsmaker as its sales hit US$1.3 million, or 56% of total sales. The exchange said that cathode copper occupies main share in non-ferrous metals market. The prices for cathode copper depend from international markets, including prices at London Metal Exchange. This week, the price for 1 tonne of cathode copper was US$7,000 at the exchange.

The exchange said that the assortment of cement, realized at external market, also expanded. Last week, the exchange traded cement of M-400 D-20 mark, this week it also started to sell M-500 D-0 and sulphate-resistant Portland cement M-400 D-0, produced only at Kyzylkumcement.

In the first three days of the week, the UZEX traded 60 types of goods for 86.9 billion soums, which rose by 47% compared to the same period of last week.