Uzbekistan new indd

Industrial cooperation 
The picture of China’s economic presence in 
Uzbekistan would not be complete without taking 
into account some of the trends that have been ob-
served in recent years. Namely, the Uzbek leadership 
has been persistent in its attempts to reorient China’s 
economic presence in the country toward the de-
velopment of industrial cooperation. In so doing, 
Tashkent has been keen to overcome the negative as-
pects of the “natural resource component” in its eco-
nomic relations with China. 
Table 3. Trade between China and Uzbekistan by 
Commodities (2012)