Bishkek, Sept. 12, 2018. /Kabar/. The external trade turnover of Kyrgyzstan for the period from January to July of 2018 made $3.8 billion, the National Statistics Committee reported.
According to preliminary estimations of the committee, the sum that has been reached demonstrates its growth by 14%. Along with that, as it is specified, export operations reduced by 1.6%, while imports, on the contrary, increased by 20%.
“The decline in exports is due to reduction in supply of gold by 22.2%, as well as ore and precious metals concentrates – by 7.5%. So, as compared to the same period of the last year, there was a decline in trafficked gold from 40.1 down to 31.7%, ore and precious metals concentrates – from 8.8 down to 8.2%”, the specialists explained.
Moreover, the committee reported that electric supplies increased by 16.9%, textile and textile items – 2.2 times, cotton fiber – 2.2 times, and dried leguminous vegetables – by 33.3%.
Increase in imports, as compared to the period of January-July of the last year, is linked to the increase in supplies of clothing items - 2.2 times, fruits and nuts – 1.9 times, leather items – 1.6 times, wood chipboards – 1.6 times, footwear – by 42.4%, ferrous metals – by 41.1%, chemical fibers – by 23.3%, ground means of transportation – by 29.1%, perfumes and cosmetic products – by 25.3%, cigarettes and tobacco – by 19.8%, plastic and items mad of it – by 19,5%.
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