Uzbekistan's foreign trade turnover reaches $15.76 bln in Jan-May 2019

Tashkent, June 20, 2019. /Kabar/. The foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan in January-May 2019 has amounted to USD 15.76 billion and increased by USD 3.02 billion, or 23.7% more compared to the same period of last year. Exports reached $6.42 billion (growth rate - 14.1%), while imports - $9.34 billion (growth rate - 31.3%), the press service of the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan reported.
The main export partners were China (22.1% of total exports), Russia (14.5%), Kazakhstan (8.0%), Turkey (7.1%), Kyrgyzstan (4.6%), Afghanistan (3.3%) and Tajikistan (1.7%).
These countries' exports include a group of energy and oil products, chemicals and its products, and foodstuffs.
Uzbekistan had trade relations with more than 159 countries in January-May 2019.