In January-May this year, the trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan increased by 1.2 percent compared to the same period last year and amounted to $322.6 million.

During this period, the volume of imports of products from Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan amounted to $259.6 million, the volume of exports – $62.9 million.

Thus, from January to May 2022, Turkmenistan entered the top ten largest foreign trade partners of Uzbekistan.

In the first five months of this year, China became the largest foreign trade partner of Uzbekistan. The volume of trade turnover between the two countries amounted to $3.8 billion.

In 2021, the trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan amounted to $881.9 million, which is 61 percent more than in 2020.

UzA