Uzbekistan's foreign trade turnover for the first four months of 2026 amounted to $26.33 billion, a 5.8% increase compared to the same period last year.

According to the report of the National Statistics Committee, exports fell by 16.8% to $9.97 billion, while imports grew significantly by 26.7% to $16.35 billion. As a result, the negative trade balance surged almost 6.9 times to $6.38 billion.

China remains the republic's main trading partner with a turnover of $6.22 billion (+49.3%), followed by Russia with $4.52 billion (+19.4%). The top five also include Kazakhstan ($1.8 billion), Turkey ($920.6 million), and Afghanistan ($728.2 million). In April, the country resumed gold exports: deliveries amounted to $1.5 billion, which is four times lower than volumes at the beginning of 2025.

In the export structure, besides gold, leading positions are held by: industrial goods — $1.49 billion (+17.1%); chemical products — $812.8 million (+40.2%); finished goods — $792.8 million (+93.8%); food — $753 million (+13.7%); services — $3.46 billion (+32.6%), where tourism ($1.65 billion) and IT ($350.8 million) lead.

Imports are dominated by machinery products, which cost $5.5 billion (+29.1%). Purchases of passenger cars increased 2.4 times to $508.4 million. Spending on foreign food products exceeded $1.88 billion (+47.2%), of which $524.6 million went to grains and $320.1 million to meat.

Imports of energy resources also grew by 25.8% (to $1.44 billion), including a 53.6% increase in gas supplies and a twofold rise in gasoline imports.

It is worth recalling that after several months without supplies, Uzbekistan re-entered the gold market. In January–April, non-monetary gold exports amounted to $1.5 billion, with all deliveries occurring only in April.

Source: podrobno.uz