Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover amounted to $5.8bn in January on a year on year gain of $1.32bn, or 29.2%, according to the national statistical committee.

Growth was driven by a 26.7% y/y rise in exports to $1.69bn, supported by stronger sales of industrial goods, food products, chemicals and services. 

Imports climbed 30.3% y/y to $4.14bn, leaving the country with a trade deficit of $2.44bn.

China remained Uzbekistan’s largest trading partner, accounting for 27.9% of total turnover. Trade with China rose to $1.62bn in January, compared with $993.4mn in the same month of 2025 and $1.13bn in January 2024.

Russia followed China with $1.09bn in January trade with Uzbekistan, up from $797.8mn in 2025 and $766.2mn in 2024, while turnover with Kazakhstan totalled $414.1mn, rising from $314.1mn a year earlier. 

Uzbekistan traded with 145 countries during the month.

Goods made up 56.2% of exports, with industrial goods accounting for 18.1%, food products and live animals 10%, chemicals and similar products 10% and various finished goods 7.1%.

The main export partners were Russia (19.2%), China (10.5%), Afghanistan (8.1%), France (6.1%), Turkey (5.0%), Kazakhstan (4.8%), the Kyrgyz Republic (2.7%), Tajikistan (2.7%) and the UAE (2.4%). Together, these countries accounted for 60% of total exports.

Exports of fruit and vegetable products reached 106,800 tonnes, representing a 13.6% increase compared with January 2025. In value terms, the sector generated $99.4mn, up 21.6% y/y. It made up 5.9% of total exports.

Textile exports totalled $216.5mn, or 12.8% of total exports, up 9.0% from a year earlier. Finished textiles accounted for 51.4% of the total, while yarn made up 31.3%.

Services exports reached $742.1mn, on a 44.1% y/y increase. They represented 43.8% of exports. Travel and tourism contributed 47.9%, transport 35.9%, IT and telecommunications 10.9% and other business services 1.9%.

Uzbekistan imported goods and services worth $4.14bn during January, up 30.3% y/y. The largest import categories were machinery and transport equipment (35.9%), industrial goods (13.9%) and chemicals (11.8%).

Goods imports increased by $869.4mn to $3.69bn, while services imports totalled $443mn, or 10.7% of the total and up 26.3% from January 2025.

The bulk of imports came from China (35%), Russia (18.5%), Kazakhstan (8%), South Korea (3%), Turkey (3%), Germany (2.3%) and Turkmenistan (2%). Service imports were dominated by travel and tourism (56.2%), followed by transport (18.7%), IT and telecommunications (10.2%) and other business services (8.7%).

In 2025, Uzbekistan’s foreign trade expanded 20.7% y/y to $81.2bn, with exports rising 24% to $33.8bn and imports increasing 18.5% to $47.4bn, resulting in a $13.5bn trade deficit.