External Sector
The current ac-
count shifted into
deficit in 2018
High investment growth supported by stepped-up directed lending and pent-up
consumer demand helped shift the current account from a surplus of 1.4 percent
in 2017 to a deficit of 7.1 percent in 2018. A significant reduction in import du-
ties
12
in June 2018 and Octo-
ber 2017 also added to im-
port growth (Figure 4).
Exports of goods and ser-
vices increased by 14 per-
cent (led by foodstuffs, natu-
ral gas, textiles exports),
while imports rose by 42
percent. Total remittance in-
flows to Uzbekistan re-
mained broadly stable in
2018 in nominal terms (at
$5.7 billion) but grew as a
share of GDP owing to ex-
change rate devaluation. Re-
mittances came mostly from
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