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participation of residents of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The main areas of their activities are trade, production of
construction materials, food industry, transportation and other
services, etc.
The 
following 
main 
bilateral 
intergovernmental
agreements define the trade and economic cooperation between
the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan: “On trade and economic cooperation”, “On
cooperation in railway transport” of December 8, 2003 (did not
come into force with the failure of Afghan side), “On
international transport routes”, “On cooperation in transit and
transport”.
Draft agreements in transit of goods and trade and
economic cooperation are being prepared.
There sides set up a Joint Commission on Trade,
Transport and Energy. The second meeting of the Commission
was held on December 26, 2016, in Tashkent.
The trade turnover amounted to $519.7 million (+16.8%)
in 2016, including exports worth $517.3 million (+16.4%),
imports at $2.4 million (fourfold increase).
Exports include electricity – 24.6%, ferrous metal
products – 23.2%, transport services – 19.3%, food and fruit and
vegetable products – 11.8%, petroleum products – 8.9%, wheat –
6, 8%, mineral fertilizers – 3.9%.

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For the first half of 2017, the volume of mutual trade
amounted to $289.3 million (+14.2%), including exports at
$288.7 million (+14.2%), imports worth $650 thousand (–9.2%).
There are 104 enterprises in the territory of the Republic
of Uzbekistan with the participation of the Afghan side, including
18 enterprises with 100 percent foreign capital. The main areas of
their activities are services and trade operations, production of
construction materials.
6 enterprises with the participation of residents of the
Republic of Uzbekistan were established in the territory of
Afghanistan.

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