Kazakhstan is in the top three of Uzbekistan’s trade partners. According to the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in 2019, the volume of goods turnover with Kazakhstan amounted to $3.32 billion, or 8% of the country’s total external trade.
A key aspect of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan’s economic interaction is their bilateral trade: from 2016 to 2019, mutual turnover increased from $1.8 bln to $4.1 bln. Kazakhstan is among the three leading trade partners of Uzbekistan, only trailing China and Russia. An open and constructive relationship between the leaders of our countries plays an integral...