BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 14. Türkiye and
Uzbekistan have set a goal to extend the extent of commerce
turnover to $5 billion per 12 months within the close to future, ambassador of
Türkiye to Uzbekistan Olgan Bekar advised TurkicWorld, Trend reviews.
According to the ambassador, even on the top of the COVID-19
pandemic, the extent of mutual commerce between the international locations continued
to point out optimistic dynamics.
“In 2021, the commerce turnover between Türkiye and Uzbekistan
exceeded $3.6 billion, and this indicator remained secure by 2022.
Now each Uzbekistan and Türkiye doing every thing attainable to succeed in
the goal of $5 billion within the brief time period and $10 billion within the
medium time period,” the ambassador mentioned.
Bekar additionally emphasised that affluent commerce relations are the
principal indicator that cooperation in all areas between international locations is
creating in an environment of mutual belief.
According to the newest knowledge of the State Statistics Committee
of Uzbekistan, commerce turnover between Uzbekistan and Türkiye
amounted to $547.7 million from January by February 2023,
growing by 5.7 %, in comparison with the identical interval in 2022
($518.1 million).
Uzbekistan’s exports to Türkiye within the reporting interval made up
$222.7 million, whereas imports – had been $325 million.
Meanwhile, Uzbek statistics say that in 2022 Türkiye’s commerce
turnover with Uzbekistan reached $3.2 billion, which is a lower
of 5.4 %, in comparison with the determine for 2021 ($3.4 billion).