Uzbekistan

We have revised down our real GDP forecast for Uzbekistan in 2012 to 8.1%, from 8.4%, on our view that the external environment will dampen demand for Uzbek exports, in particular commodities.... 2011-12-22

We expect the recent decision by the European Parliament on December 16 to vote down a proposal to include trade in textiles in the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Uzbekistan... 2011-12-19

Pakistan has expressed a desire to improve cooperation with Uzbekistan in a bid to increase trade volumes between the two countries. The statement of intent came at a meeting between... 2011-08-23

We forecast Uzbekistan's current account balance to come in at a US$4.3bn surplus in 2011, representing 9.8% of GDP up from 6.8% of GDP in 2010. We forecast the merchandise trade... 2011-08-23

We have revised up our forecast for consumer price inflation (CPI) in Uzbekistan to 11.8% by the end of 2011, up from 9.0% previously. We expect that elevated global commodity prices... 2011-06-16

Uzbek President Islam Karimov met with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev on June 14 in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. The meeting was reportedly regarding increased cooperation over... 2011-06-16

We maintain our forecast view for Uzbekistan's growth to hold at 8.5% in 2011, following the release of GDP data for the first quarter of 2011 showing that the economy expanded by 7.6%... 2011-05-16