Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover amounted to $42.1 billion in 2021, up from $36.2 billion in 2020, the State Statistics Committee said.

The country’s foreign trade deficit amounted to $8.9 billion last year.

Exports amounted to $16.6 billion, including $14.1 for export of products and $2.5 billion for export of services.

Imports totalled $25.5 billion, including import of products for $23.7 billion and import of services for $1.8 billion.

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