Uzbekistan new indd

Item
Exports from Chi-
na to Uzbekistan
Exports from Uz-
bekistan to China
Million 
USD
Share, % Million 
USD
Share, %
Cotton Fiber
-
-
170
14.3
Chemicals
356
17.4
171
14.4
Non-Ferrous 
Metals
-
-
87
7.3
Ferrous Metals
-
-
25
2.1
Energy
-
-
373
31.4
Machines and 
Equipment 
1,101
53.8
27
4.3
Food and 
Fast-Moving 
Consumer Goods 
343
16.8
-
-
Services 
98
4.8
197
16.6
Other 
148
7.2
137
9.6
Total 
2,046
100
1,187
100
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit with reference to the National 
Statistics Agency of Uzbekistan (“Uzbekistan: Country Report,” London: 
The Economist Intelligence Unit, September, 2013)
In this regard, Uzbek President Islam Karimov 
made a landmark visit to China in June 2012, which 
resulted in the signing of 45 agreements and contracts 
amounting to $5.3 billion. Equally important was an 
agreement between the two countries’ leaders over a 
strategic partner ship declaration, which identified 
new areas of mutually beneficial cooperation, includ-
ing in the economic sphere. These arrangements were 
confirmed during the first state visit of President Xi 
Jinping to Uzbekistan in September 2013, which saw 
the signing of 31 documents at intergovernmental 
and interdepartmental levels for the implementation 
of projects totaling $15 billion. Furthermore, a treaty 
of amity and cooperation as well as a joint declara-
tion on further development and deepening of the 
bilateral strategic partnership were also signed. 
The Uzbek-Chinese high technology industrial 
park set up in March 2013 has a special role in the 
development of industrial cooperation. The industri-
al park takes the form of a Special Industrial Zone 
(SIZ) known as ‘Jizzaq’ with a branch in the Syrdarya 
region. Since June 2013 the park has seen the produc-
tion of mobile phones, building materials, and other 
products. Finally, if at the beginning of 2009 there 
were barely more than 100 Chinese-Uzbek enterpris-
es in Uzbekistan, by the end of 2013 there were more 
than 450 such enterprises, of which 69 had been set 
up with 100 percent Chinese capital. 

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Vladimir Paramonov