Uzbekistan's foreign exchange reserves dropped by nearly $2.4 billion since start of year

The volume of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan's deposits in the central banks of other countries, as well as in the IMF, significantly reduced to $388.7 million. Additionally, the sum in accounts in other foreign financial institutions decreased by $1.64 billion, dropping below $8 billion.

The republic's gold reserves decreased marginally, totaling $24.09 billion at the beginning of March. Compared to January, its value decreased by $535.4 million.

Furthermore, the gold tonnage in reserves remained unchanged at 11.9 million troy ounces (370 tons) — although in January it accounted for 12.2 million troy ounces (379.3 tons).

In January, Uzbekistan's export volume halved. In the absence of gold sales, the size of the negative trade balance doubled to almost $2 billion.