In Uzbekistan, the volume of imports of industrial goods reached $1.1 billion from January through February 2024, as reported by Trend.
According to Uzbekistan’s Statistics Agency, this amount saw a 32.2 percent increase year over year.
Industrial goods accounted for 18.0 percent of the total import volume, with top partners including Russia ($484.8 million), China ($348.6 million), Kazakhstan ($92.3 million), Turkey ($51.6 million), and Korea ($24.9 million).
The imports mainly consisted of iron and steel ($587.8 million), metal products ($153.1 million), textile yarn, textiles, ready-made items ($87.9 million), rubber products ($70.0 million), and other items.
During the same period, Uzbekistan’s enterprises produced industrial goods valued at 96.9 trillion soums ($7.7 billion), with the manufacturing industry contributing the most at 77.8 percent, totaling 75.4 trillion soums ($5.9 billion).
