Uzbekistan new indd

Year
Total Vol-
ume, US$ 
Million
Uzbek 
Exports to 
Afghani-
stan, US$ 
Million
Afghan 
Exports to 
Uzbekistan, 
US$ Mil-
lion
Export 
Balance in 
Favor of 
Uzbekistan, 
US$ Million
2002
61.5
61.3
0.2
+61.1
2003
89.6
89.4
0.2
+89.2
2004
130.1
126.2
3.9
+122.3
2005
19.3
19.2
0.1
+19.1
2006
163.7
161.7
2.0
+159.7
2007
332.3
331.4
0.9
+330.5
2008
533.1
530.5
2.6
+527.9
2009
703.9
703.8
0.1
+703.7
2010
663.5
663.3
0.2
+663.1
2011
456.3
456.1
0.2
+459.9
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
2
Volumes of Afghan exports to Uzbekistan were 
insignificant throughout the period 2002-2011 and 
remain minor today. Except for the years 2004, 2006, 
and 2008, when their value was in the range of $2-4 
million, the value of exports from Afghanistan was 
at an extremely low level. Moreover, they were made 
up almost entirely of services (about 99 percent). 
Deliveries of goods are very modest and consist of 
certain kinds of agricultural raw materials such as ed-
ible fruits and nuts.
This distinct lack of exports from Afghanistan 
to Uzbekistan is not surprising considering that the 
real sector of the Afghan economy (its industrial and 
agro-industrial segments) was practically destroyed, 
while the population of Afghanistan survives mostly 
on account of the subsistence economy and by culti-
vating opium poppy. As a result, the scale of Afghan-
Uzbek trade is determined mainly by the magnitude 
of international financial assistance to Afghanistan: 
it is primarily with foreign money that Afghanistan 
buys industrial and consumer goods in Uzbekistan.
Figure 1. Structure of Commodity Deliveries from 
Uzbekistan to Afghanistan (2011)
Source: Figure utilizes data from the Economist Intelligence Unit