Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – Experts from the Institute of Macroeconomic and Regional Research (IMRI) assessed the export and import of goods from the ICT industry for 2017-2022.

The volume of exports of ICT goods increased by 7.9 times during the period under review and amounted to US$84.3 million in 2022 (0.4% of the total volume of goods exports).

- The level of diversification of exports of ICT goods increased from 1.42 in 2017 to 2.50 in 2022.

- The largest share in the structure of exports of ICT goods in 2022 was made up of consumer electronics (52.3%).

- Computers and peripheral equipment have the highest growth rates for 2017-2022 - 4716.9 times, which allowed this area to achieve the second largest share in the export of IT goods in 2022 (33.6%).

- Communication equipment accounted for 11.6% of the total exports of ICT goods in 2022, increasing its volume by 59.5 times compared to 2017.

- The lowest growth rate was shown by such a group of goods as other components and goods in the ICT sector - 1.3 times. This group also has the smallest share in ICT exports - 2.6%.

The main export markets for ICT goods are: Russia (36.2%), Azerbaijan (4.8%), Kazakhstan (3.2%), Kyrgyzstan (1.8%), Tajikistan (0.7%).

Import of ICT goods:

- The volume of imports of ICT goods for 2017-2022 increased by 3.6 times and reached US$1,135 million in 2022 (3.8% of total imports).

- The level of diversification* of imports of ICT goods for 2017-2022 increased from 3.26 to 3.36.

- The largest share in the volume of imports of ICT goods in 2022 was made up of such groups of goods as communications equipment (37.3%) and computers and peripheral equipment (32.5%).

- This is followed by other components and goods in the ICT sector (21.1% in 2022).

- The smallest share in the import of ICT goods in 2022 was consumer electronics (9.1%).

- All product groups had moderate growth rates during the period under review and amounted to an average of 3.7 times.

ICT products were mainly imported from China (26.8%), UAE (5.8%), Vietnam (2.2%), Russia (2.1%) and India (1.8%).