Uzbekistan's textile exports increased significantly in the first quarter

According to data from the National Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan, in the first quarter of 2018, Uzbekistan's textile exports reached 317 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 14.7% year-on-year. Textiles accounted for 7.8% of the country’s foreign trade exports. The main export variety was cotton yarn, which accounted for 58.9%, with a value of US$186.5 million. Knitted garments accounted for 21.3%, with a value of 67.4 million U.S. dollars, cotton and knitted fabric exports were 15.2 million U.S. dollars, and silk exports were 10 million U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of 92.3%. In December 2017, the President of Uzbekistan made a thorough adjustment to the textile industry, and in 2018 the country established a cotton textile gathering place. The new model is to integrate a single production cycle (including cotton production, primary processing, deep processing and production of high value-added textile end products, etc.). In 2018, Uzbekistan added 140,900 hectares of land for the construction of cotton textile distribution centers. Article keywords: 　Uzbekistan textile exports overseas textile