Uzbekistan reported on August 10 that from January to July this year, Uzbekistan’s textile industry achieved exports of USD 1 billion, an increase of 112% year-on-year through measures such as opening new markets and continuously developing new products.

Uzbekistan’s textile products are exported to 57 countries and regions around the world. The main destinations are Russia (USD 394 million, 39% of the total textile exports in Uzbekistan), China (USD 188 million, accounting for 18%), Kyrgyzstan (USD 139 million, accounting for 13%) and Turkey (USD 123 million, accounting for 12%). In addition to traditional markets such as the CIS countries, Uzbekistan’s textile export markets also include Hungary, Slovakia and Greece. In addition, with the support of the Uzbekistan Embassy in Kuwait, Uzbekistan realized exports to Kuwait for the first time this year.

 

At the same time, the export commodity structure of the Uzbek textile industry has been further optimized, and the proportion of value-added finished products such as knitwear and ready-made garments has increased to 51%. New products such as protective masks and protective clothing have also begun to be exported. It is reported that Uzbekistan textile companies currently produce 6 million masks and 10,000 sets of protective clothing per day, and export them to Russia, Kuwait, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and other countries.