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Trade between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

In 2024, Kazakhstan exported $2.7 billion to Uzbekistan and imported $1.3 billion. Kazakhstan ran a surplus of $1.5 billion with Uzbekistan, compared with a surplus of $798 million in 2019. Uzbekistan was Kazakhstan’s 11th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Kazakhstan was Uzbekistan’s 4th (7%).

Summary

Kazakhstan → Uzbekistan
$2.7billion
Uzbekistan → Kazakhstan
$1.3billion
Kazakhstan’s balance
$1.5billion

Balance

Kazakhstan’s trade balance with Uzbekistan

Trade between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan grew 18.7-fold since 1998

USD billions (current). Kazakhstan’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 2.7
  • Imports 1.3
  • Balance +1.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$0$0$0
1996$0$0$0
1997$0$0$0
1998$119 million$96 million$23 million
1999$0$0$0
2000$48 million$6 million$42 million
2001$150 million$81 million$69 million
2002$101 million$87 million$14 million
2003$138 million$90 million$48 million
2004$202 million$228 million-$26 million
2005$243 million$254 million-$12 million
2006$385 million$319 million$65 million
2007$872 million$538 million$333 million
2008$1.3 billion$516 million$756 million
2009$892 million$304 million$587 million
2010$1.1 billion$473 million$628 million
2011$1.2 billion$771 million$409 million
2012$1.3 billion$817 million$526 million
2013$1.1 billion$970 million$175 million
2014$1.1 billion$1 billion$66 million
2015$941 million$726 million$215 million
2016$921 million$588 million$333 million
2017$1.2 billion$986 million$177 million
2018$1.7 billion$1.2 billion$428 million
2019$2 billion$1.2 billion$798 million
2020$2 billion$758 million$1.3 billion
2021$2.5 billion$1 billion$1.5 billion
2022$3.2 billion$1.3 billion$1.9 billion
2023$3 billion$1.4 billion$1.7 billion
2024$2.7 billion$1.3 billion$1.5 billion

What they sell each other

What Kazakhstan sells to Uzbekistan

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Wheat$552 million · 20.1%
    3.3 million tonnes
  2. Semi-finished steel$173 million · 6.3%
    378 thousand tonnes
  3. 201 thousand tonnes
  4. Wheat flour$133 million · 4.8%
    438 thousand tonnes
  5. Hot-rolled flat steel$129 million · 4.7%
    221 thousand tonnes
  6. Fresh beef$85 million · 3.1%
    20 thousand tonnes
  7. Cold-rolled flat steel$82 million · 3%
    118 thousand tonnes
  8. Copper ore$76 million · 2.8%
    45 thousand tonnes · Kazakhstan’s destinations
  9. Refined petroleum$71 million · 2.6%
    139 thousand tonnes · Kazakhstan’s destinations
  10. Soft drinks$55 million · 2%
    84 thousand tonnes

What Uzbekistan sells to Kazakhstan

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Vehicle bodies and cabs$202 million · 15.7%
    25 thousand tonnes
  2. Spark-ignition engines$142 million · 11.1%
    9 thousand tonnes
  3. Auto parts$64 million · 5%
    8 thousand tonnes
  4. 35 thousand tonnes
  5. Ceramic building bricks$26 million · 2%
    166 thousand tonnes
  6. Polyethylene$23 million · 1.8%
    24 thousand tonnes
  7. Buses$23 million · 1.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. T-shirts$21 million · 1.7%
    585 tonnes
  9. Coated flat steel$21 million · 1.7%
    19 thousand tonnes
  10. Copper wire$21 million · 1.6%
    2 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan traded $4 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly over land: 100% of the value travels by truck, rail or pipeline.

Split by transport mode

  1. Land$4 billion · 100%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Uzbekistan was Kazakhstan’s 11th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Kazakhstan was Uzbekistan’s 4th (7%).

Uzbekistan in Kazakhstan’s trade
2.6%
Uzbekistan’s rank among Kazakhstan’s partners
11th
Kazakhstan in Uzbekistan’s trade
6.8%
Kazakhstan’s rank among Uzbekistan’s partners
4th

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.