Bishkek, Jan. 29, 2019. /Kabar/. The trade between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan increased by 189.6% and amounted $ to 481 million in January 2018, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the Kyrgyz Republic Komil Rashidov told at a briefing.
He said that exports had amounted to $ 348.2 million, imports – $ 132.8 million.
“The share of Kyrgyzstan in the foreign trade turnover of our republic is 1.4%, Kyrgyzstan is among the top 20 countries with the largest share in the trade turnover of Uzbekistan: 6th place in exports, 20th place in imports. Our countries have great potential and reserves to increase bilateral trade to $ 500 million in the very near future,” he said.
In addition, the head of the diplomatic mission noted the continuation of work on the description of the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border line in the sections that remained outside the framework of the agreement on the Uzbek-Kyrgyz state border of September 5, 2017.
In addition, Rashidov noted that in 2018 about 1 million people of Kyrgyzstan visited Uzbekistan, as compared to 360 thousand in 2017.
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