About 29.3% of Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover falls to share of Russia

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Russia remains one of the largest trade partners of Uzbekistan. Share of Russia in trade turnover of Uzbekistan made up about 29.3% in January-September 2010, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

Trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Russia made up US$4.540 billion in the reporting period, which is up by 36.6% year-on-year. At the same time, exports of Uzbekistan comprised US$3.221 billion in January-September 2010 (US$1.663 billion in Jan-Sep 2009), while imports made up US$1.319 billion (US$1.661 billion).

China is the second largest partner of Uzbekistan with the share of 8.4%. Bilateral trade turnover between two states reached US$1.307 billion in the first nine months of 2010, which decreased by 16.7% year-on-year.

Uzbekistan increased exports to China from US$346.3 million in January-September 2009 to US$471.6 million in the same period of 2009. Imports, it its turn, decreased from US41.222 billion to US$835.4 million in the reviewed period.

Kazakhstan and South Korea claimed the third place with 7.2% share each. Bilateral trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan grew by 16.5% to US$1.12 billion in January-September 2010. Exports of Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan rose from US$409.5 million to US$571.6 million, while import decreased from US$552.1 million to US$548.7 million.

Trade turnover between Uzbekistan and South Korea made up US$1.12 billion in the reporting period. The growth rate was 32.4%. Uzbekistan delivered goods and services for US$102.5 million in January-September 2010 (US$71 million in January-September 2009). The volume of imports from South Korea reached US$1.018 billion in January-September 2010 against US$775.6 million in nine months of 2009.

Foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan made up US$15.507 billion in January-September 2010 (+0.2% year-on-year), the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said. At the same time, trade turnover of Uzbekistan with the CIS states comprised US$6.481 billion and other states – US$9.027 billion.

Ten largest trade partners of Uzbekistan in January-September 2010

Country	Share in Uzbekistan's trade turnover. %		Bilateral trade turnover (in mln. US dollars)
	Jan-Sep 2010	Jan-Sep 2009	Jan-Sep 2010	Jan-Sep 2009
Russia	29.3	19.1	4540.4	3323.9
China	8.4	9.8	1307	1568.3
Kazakhstan	7.2	6.0	1120.3	961.6
Republic of Korea	7.2	5.3	1120.8	846.6
Turkey	4.3	2.9	660.3	458.7
Afganistan	3.8	3.2	591.4	514.7
Iran	2.7	2.4	411.3	380.5
Ukraine	2.4	7.0	372.2	1116.3
Germany	2.2	2.3	338.4	363.5
Great Britain	1.0	0.7	147.7	118.7