The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) said that trade has increased with Uzbekistan in 2023.
The spokesman of MoIC said that Afghanistan had $266 million worth of trade with Uzbekistan in 2023, while it was $44 million in 2022.
Afghanistan’s exports to Uzbekistan have been worth $27 million in the past year.
“We have bilateral trade with Uzbekistan, in 2023, we had $27 million worth of exports and $239 million worth of imports from Uzbekistan, and most of our exported items to Uzbekistan are dried fruit, fruit juice, apricots, sesame, carpets, and most of our imported items are electricity, flour, beans, chemical fertilizers, oil and gas,” said Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad the spokesman of MoIC.
On the other hand, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that for the strengthening of Afghanistan’s relations with the regional countries, a plan is underway to connect with China through Uzbekistan.
