According to data from the National Statistical Committee of Uzbekistan, the volume of Uzbekistan's foreign trade for the period from January to August 2026 amounted to $57.4 billion USD. This figure exceeds the sum for the same period last year by $4 billion, corresponding to a growth of 7.6%.
During this period, exports decreased by 3.4% to $22.9 billion, while imports increased by 16.3%, reaching $34.5 billion. Consequently, Uzbekistan recorded a foreign trade deficit of $11.7 billion.
Non-monetary gold exports fell by 66.3%, decreasing from $8.3 billion to $2.8 billion, and its share in total exports decreased from 35.2% to 12.3%. Meanwhile, the export of goods, excluding gold, showed a growth of 28.7%, reaching $11.5 billion.
Export of services grew by 33.8%, amounting to $8.5 billion and accounting for 37.4% of total exports. More than half of this amount, specifically 54.1%, was received from tourism or travel services, totaling $4.6 billion. Transport services brought in $2.6 billion, while telecommunication, computer, and information services generated revenue of $716.4 million.
Among commodity supplies, various industrial products showed the largest increase, growing by 88.1% to $2.1 billion. Finished goods exports increased by 25.6% to $3.4 billion, chemical products grew by 32.3% to $1.8 billion, and mechanical and transport equipment grew by 43% to $899.8 million. Food product exports remained at the level of the previous year—$1.8 billion.
Exports of petroleum products increased by 46.3%, while natural gas exports decreased by 34.8%. Uzbekistan exported textiles worth $2.1 billion, which is 26.9% more than the previous year; textiles accounted for 9.4% of total exports, with finished textile products making up 51.4% and yarn 32.2%.
Fruit and vegetable exports decreased by 6.6% in value to $1.18 billion and by 1.4% in physical terms to 1.44 million tons. They accounted for 5.2% of total exports. Fruit exports decreased from $416.9 million to $384 million, while vegetable exports increased from $168.6 million to $203.4 million. Onion exports amounted to $91.3 million, and peach exports to $114.7 million.
The largest buyers of Uzbekistan's goods and services were Russia, which purchased goods worth $3.2 billion, accounting for 14% of exports, followed by China with $2 billion (8.7%), Afghanistan ($1.2 billion, 5.4%), Kazakhstan ($1 billion, 4.5%), and France ($927.4 million, 4.1%).
Goods imports increased by $4.3 billion, reaching $30 billion, while service imports grew by 14%, amounting to $4.6 billion. Mechanical and transport equipment accounted for the largest share of imports—$11.3 billion, which is 17.3% more and constitutes 32.6% of total imports. Passenger car imports grew by 72.6% to $1.1 billion, and telecommunications equipment imports increased by 78.5% to $1.1 billion. At the same time, imports of equipment for specific industries decreased by 17.5%.
Food product imports increased by 39.3% to $3.7 billion. Grain imports grew by 58.9% to $967.4 million, and meat imports by 34.2% to $677.4 million. Gasoline imports increased by 48.6%, while diesel fuel imports decreased by 12.3%. Liquefied gas imports increased threefold. Imports of medicines and pharmaceuticals remained almost unchanged at $1.3 billion.
The main suppliers were China with $11.2 billion (32.4% of imports), Russia ($6 billion, 17.4%), and Kazakhstan ($2.7 billion, 7.9%). Overall, Uzbekistan imported goods and services from over 160 countries.
During the reporting period, Uzbekistan traded with more than 200 countries. China maintained its status as the largest trading partner, with bilateral trade with it increasing by 30.2% to $13.2 billion, accounting for 23% of total foreign trade. Trade with Russia increased by 9.7% to $9.2 billion, and with Kazakhstan by 23.4% to $3.7 billion. Trade with Afghanistan grew by 41% to $1.4 billion. Trade volume with Hong Kong increased more than tenfold, from $93.9 million to $980.1 million. Conversely, trade with Germany and India decreased by 1.9% and 5.2%, respectively.
