Bishkek, Mar. 12, 2019. /Kabar/. The volume of foreign trade of Kyrgyzstan had amounted to $ 456.8 million by the beginning of 2019, where exports accounted for 93 million and imports – 363.8 million.
According to preliminary data from the National Statistics Committee, the achieved figure is 8.4% less than in the first month of last year. Export performance in January of this year, as specified in the committee, decreased by 15.4%, and the volume of imports – by 6.4%.
The volume of mutual trade of the republic with the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) amounted to $ 147 million and decreased by 4.1% compared to January 2018.
At the same time, there was a decrease in both export deliveries (by 6.7%) and imports (by 3.3%). The largest share of the republic’s mutual trade with the EAEU member states still falls on Russia (60.4%) and Kazakhstan (38%).
The volume of mutual trade of Kyrgyzstan with China in the specified period amounted to $ 194.6 million, where the share of imports is 188.1 million.
In trade relations with Turkey, there was also a preponderance of imports, where its volume amounted to $ 11.4 million, against $ 5.6 million of export volume.
There is a similar situation in trade with neighboring Uzbekistan, where the share of exports has reached $ 7.8 million against 12.8 million of imports.
But trade relations with Tajikistan and European countries show the opposite. Exports to the neighboring country amounted to $ 2.4 million, while imports – 0.3 million.
As for the countries of the European continent, the preponderance of exports is explained by the export of gold. Thus, exports amounted to $ 31.5 million, and imports – 15.2 million.
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