Foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan for January-April of 2023 amounted to 19.6 billion US dollars, an increase of 2.3 billion US dollars or 13.4% compared to the corresponding period of 2022.

On May 16-18, Samarkand hosted the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

In January-March 2023 in the Republic of Uzbekistan 56,6 trillion soums of investments in fixed assets were disbursed and, compared to the corresponding period in 2022 this amounted to 103,1%.

As a result of the Tashkent International Investment Forum–2023, contracts and agreements were signed for a total amount of 11 billion US dollars.

In January-March 2023, Uzbekistan's foreign trade turnover amounted to 14.8 billion US dollars.

The permanent population of the Republic of Uzbekistan as of April 1, 2023 amounted to 36,197.8 thousand people.