Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- According to the State Committee on Statistics, in January-February 2021, 528.5 thousand tons of cement were imported from abroad to Uzbekistan.

This is 354.9 thousand tons more than in the same period last year.

The volume of imported cement in two months of 2021 is 1/5 of the volume of imported cement in 2020.

The main importing countries of cement:

Kazakhstan - 226.7 thousand tons

Kyrgyz R. - 159.5 thousand tons

Tajikistan - 134.3 thousand tons

In turn, as of January-February 2021, 1.3 million tons of cement were produced in Uzbekistan.