Europe, Asia account 97% of Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Over 97% of foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan fell to share of Europe and Asia. Share of these continents in total foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan grew from 97.1% in the first quarter of 2009 to 97.6% in the same period of 2010.

At the same time, the share of Europe increased from 52.1% in January-March 2009 to 55.6% in the first quarter of 2010. The share of Asia decreased from 45% to 42% in the reporting period.

In the structure of the foreign trade turnover, the share of American continent slipped from 2.7% in January-March 2009 to 2.2% in the first three months of 2010. Australia and Oceania kept its share at the size of 0.2%.

Foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan made up US$4.321 billion in January-March 2010, of which US$1.399 billion fell to share of the CIS states and US$2.922 billion to non-CIS states. At the same time, US$2.701 billion were exports of Uzbekistan and US$1.62 billion were import operations.

Structure of foreign trade turnover by continents

Continent	1 Q 2009 (in % to total volume)	1 Q 2010 (in % to total volume)
Europe	52.1	55.6
Asia	45	42
Africa	0	0
America	2.7	2.2
Australia and Ocenia	0.2	0.2