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A landlocked Central Asian country that shares its southern border with Afghanistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan shipped US$23.8 billion worth of exported products around the globe in 2025.

That dollar amount results from a 69.3% increase from $14 billion five years earlier in 2021.

Year over year, the overall value of Uzbekistan’s exported products accelerated by 20.4% compared to $19.7 billion for 2024.

Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, the Uzbekistani som appreciated by 15.6% against the US dollar since 2021 but weakened by -0.6% from 2024 to 2025. Its weaker local currency in 2025 compared to 2024 made Uzbekistan’s exports paid for in stronger US dollars modestly lesser expensive for international buyers starting from American currency.

The latest available country-specific data shows that 67% of products exported from Uzbekistan were bought by importers in: Russia (22.2% of Uzbekistan’s total), Kazakhstan (9.3%), mainland China (8.8%), Türkiye (7.3%), Afghanistan (6.8%), Kyrgyzstan (3.7%), Tajikistan (2.8%), Pakistan (1.9%), Azerbaijan (1.5%), United Arab Emirates (1.4%), United States of America (1.2%) and Belarus (1.2%).

From a continental perspective, 60.6% of Uzbekistan’s exports by value was delivered to Asian countries while 37.1% was sold to importers in Europe.

Uzbekistan shipped another 1.5% worth of goods to North America. Tinier percentages went to Africa (0.5%), Latin America (0.3%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania (0.003%) led by Australia.

Given Uzbekistan’s population of 37.7 million people, its total US$23.8 billion in 2025 exports translates to roughly $650 for every resident in the European nation. That average dollar amount lags the $850 per capita one year earlier in 2024.

Uzbekistan’s top 10 export categories generated 91% of the overall value of its global shipments.

Inorganic chemicals represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 419.7% from 2024 to 2025.

In second place for improving export sales was the gems and precious metals grouping, via a 111.1% advance led by unwrought gold.

Uzbekistan’s shipments of fertilizers posted the third-fastest gain in value, up by 81.3%.

The leading decliner among Uzbekistan’s top 10 export categories was cotton, thanks to its -75.6% year-over-year drop.

The above information is at the two-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code level.

Drilling down at the more granular four-digit HTS codes perspective, unwrought gold represents Uzbekistan’s most valuable exported product at 65.4% of the country’s total. In second place was copper wire (4.4%) trailed by petroleum gases (3.2%), refined copper and unwrought alloys (2.2%), miscellaneous items made with precious metals (1.8%), radioactive chemical elements (1.43%), nitrogenous fertilizers (1.39%), mostly cotton yarn (1.25%), potassic fertilizers (1.17%) then unwrought silver (1.1%).

The following types of Uzbekistani product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports.

In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country’s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country’s spending on foreign goods or services.

Uzbekistan incurred an overall -US$6.65 billion trade deficit for 2025, reducing by -57.4% from -$15.6 billion in red ink one year earlier in 2024.

Below are exports from Uzbekistan that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Uzbekistan’s goods trail Uzbekistani importer spending on foreign products.

Not one Uzbekistani corporation ranks among Forbes Global 2000.

Wikipedia lists exports-related companies from Uzbekistan. Selected examples are shown below.

In macroeconomic terms, Uzbekistan’s total exported goods represent 5.1% of its overall Gross Domestic Product for 2025 ($469.8 billion valued in Purchasing Power Parity US dollars). That 5.1% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2025 lags the 7.4% for 2024. Those percentages suggest a relatively decreasing reliance on products sold on international markets for Uzbekistan’s total economic performance, albeit based on a short timeframe.

Another key indicator of a country’s economic performance is its unemployment rate. Uzbekistan’s unemployment rate averaged 5.04% in 2025, down from an average 5.54% one year earlier for 2024 according to International Monetary Fund statistics.

Uzbekistan’s capital city is Tashkent, translated as “City of Stones” from Uzbek.

See also Gold Exports by Country, Grapes Exports by Country, India’s Top Trading Partners, China’s Top Trading Partners and Afghanistan’s Top 10 Exports

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Central Asia: Uzbekistan. Accessed on October 3, 2026

EXCHANGE-RATES.org Exchange Rate History, Uzbekistan Som (UZS) To US Dollar (USD). Accessed on October 3, 2026

Forbes 2025 Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on October 3, 2026

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on October 3, 2026

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on October 3, 2026

Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on October 3, 2026

Wikipedia, Gross domestic product. Accessed on October 3, 2026

Wikipedia, List of Companies of Uzbekistan. Accessed on October 3, 2026

Wikipedia, Purchasing power parity. Accessed on October 3, 2026