Exports of services fell by 0.1 percentage point year-on-year to 10.5%. Share of cotton-fiber in exports decreased from 16% in the first quarter of 2008 to 8.8% in the same period of 2009 (down 58.6% year-on-year).

Uzbekistan’s export of food products slipped from 4.6% in January-March 2008 to 3.3% in the same period of 2009, chemical products from 7.9% to 5.3%, ferrous and non-ferrous metals from 9.5% to 4.3% and machines and equipment from 8.3% to 2.2%.

Exports of Uzbekistan grew by 6.1% year-on-year to US$2.493 billion in the reporting period.