Against the background of the expansion of cooperation between the CIS countries in the field of economy, investment and digital transformation, the CEIR has prepared an infographic on trade and economic cooperation between Uzbekistan and the organization's countries for 9 years.

The CIS countries have significant economic potential. In 2025, the total nominal GDP of the CIS countries amounted to about 2% of the world (about $2.3 trillion), and GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) - 3.4% of the world (about $6.2 trillion).

The total foreign trade turnover of the GTA member countries in 2025 amounted to more than $1.2 trillion.

The CIS countries have significant natural resources and a developed manufacturing industry, in particular, engineering is developed in Hungary and Turkey. Products of the manufacturing industry, in particular textile, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical, etc. It is also produced at enterprises in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The CIS countries produce large volumes of agricultural products, including fruits and vegetables, grains, oilseeds, meat and dairy products, etc.

Uzbekistan's trade with the CIS countries

Uzbekistan's trade in goods with the CIS countries has increased 2.7 times over the past 9 years from $4 billion. (2017) to $10.8 billion. (2025). Exports increased 1.8 times from $1.2 billion. to $3.8 billion, and imports increased 3.8 times from $1.8 billion. up to $7 billion.

In 2025, Kazakhstan - 46% ($5 billion) and Turkey - 28% ($3 billion) took the largest share in Uzbekistan's trade with the CIS countries, followed by Turkmenistan - 11.1% ($1.2 billion) and Kyrgyzstan - 11.1% ($1.2 billion), and Azerbaijan - 2.8% (the smallest$307.3 million) and Hungary - 1.1% ($117.4 million).

By the end of 2025, industrial goods accounted for 28.2% of Uzbekistan's exports to the CIS countries, machinery and transport equipment - 19%, food products - 11.1%, chemicals and similar products - 10%, various finished goods - 8.2%, beverages and tobacco - 3.5%, mineral fuels and lubricating oils - 3.3%, non-food raw materials - 1.3%, and services - 12.7%.

Imports from the CIS countries mainly consisted of food products (22.8%), mineral fuels (20.3%), industrial goods (18.1%) and machinery and transport equipment (12.9%).

According to the calculations of the CEIR, Uzbekistan is able to increase exports to the CIS countries by another $2.7 billion, including to Turkey by $1.8 billion, to Kazakhstan by $500 million, to Hungary by $200 million and to Kyrgyzstan by $100 million.

Investment cooperation

There is a positive trend in attracting investments from CIS countries to the economy of Uzbekistan, the total volume of which exceeded $11.5 billion in 2017-2025. (in 2025, $3.8 billion was raised), which underlines the strategic interest of the CIS countries in long-term economic cooperation. Turkey is the leading investor in Uzbekistan with $2.4 billion. (2025) investments aimed mainly at manufacturing, energy and agriculture.

As of April 2026, more than 4,500 enterprises with capital from CIS countries were operating in Uzbekistan.

In February 2025, at the OTG Business Forum in Azerbaijan, it was decided to increase the authorized capital of the Turkic Investment Fund by 20% - from $500 to $600 million, while Uzbekistan invested $100 million.

Currently, the fund is already financing a number of joint projects, which will contribute to the expansion of cooperative cooperation between the countries of the region.