Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover rose to $28.2 billion in January-September, the State Statistics Committee said.

Exports amounted to $10.3 billion, imports rose to $17.9 billion. The trade deficit amounted to $7.6 billion.

Uzbekistan’s top trade partners are China, Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan.

In the first half of 2021, Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover was $18 billion, $10 billion up from the same period last year.