Uzbekistan exported textile products worth $637.7 million to 54 countries in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, which is $174.9 million more than the country’s exports in the same period in 2020, as per a recent report by the Statistics Committee. The country had exported textile goods worth $1.9 billion to 70 foreign countries in 2020. Close to 5,080 textile companies produced goods worth 11.5 trillion Uzbekistan soms ($1.08 billion) during the period under review, said Uzbekistani media reports quoting the Statistics Committee. The Fergana region accounted for 15 per cent of the total textile products manufactured in the country, while Kashkadarya and Tashkent accounted for 9.8 per cent and 9.1 per cent of the total volume, respectively.
