BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 18. Kyrgyzstan exported 162,453 tons of coal from January through February 2023, which is more than a twofold increase year-on-year (75,199 tons), Trend reports via the State Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan.
The value of the exports exceeded $6.6 million, which is 2.7 times more than in the corresponding period of 2022 ($2.4 million).
According to the committee, a total of 105,319 tons or 65 percent of the Kyrgyz coal exports was supplied to Uzbekistan.
Exports of Kyrgyz coal to China increased by 8 times in the first two month of 2023 – from 53 tons to 431 tons, the committee said.
In the reporting period, Kyrgyzstan exported 19,779 tons of coal to the Netherlands, 10,000 tons each to Poland, Romania and Slovakia, and 6,389 tons – to Hungary. While in the same period last year, European countries did not buy coal from Kyrgyzstan.
Meanwhile, Kyrgyzstan’s trade turnover amounted to $1.7 billion from January through February 2023, which is a 22.7-percent increase year-on-year ($1.3 billion in the same period of 2023).
Kyrgyzstan’s exports exceed $255.6 million, which is 2 percent more than $250.2 million in the corresponding months of 2022.
The imports to Kyrgyzstan exceeded $1.4 billion, which is a growth of 27.2 percent year-on-year ($1.1 billion from January through February 2022).