Iran’s Trade with Uzbekistan Records 103% Growth

Spokesman for Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said that 776,137 tons of non-oil goods, valued at US$517 million, were exchanged between Iran and Uzbekistan last year (From Mar. 22, 2021 to Mar. 20, 2022). Seyyed Rouhollah Latifi made the remarks on Tuesday and stated that trade volume exchanged between the two countries of Iran and Uzbekistan registered a 103% growth as compared to the last year’s corresponding period.

Turning to the trade and economic ties between Iran and Uzbekistan concurrent with the visit of Iranian Parliament Speaker to this country, he said that Iran exported 714,491 tons of non-oil goods, valued at US$402 million, to the Republic of Uzbekistan, showing a 146% hike as compared to the same period of last year.

Elsewhere in his remarks, IRICA spokesman pointed to the import of products from Uzbekistan and stated that 62,000 tons of non-oil goods, valued at US$115 million, were imported into the country from Uzbekistan, recording a 26% growth as compared to the last year’s corresponding period.
Dairies, agricultural products, construction materials, bitumen, base lubricants, minerals, petro- refinery substances, pipes and profiles, fabrics, flooring, ferrous products, industrial equipment and machinery and furniture were of the main products exported from Iran to the Republic of Uzbekistan in this period, Latifi ended. - Mehr