The import bill grew 8.2% year on year; the release gives no split between the two suppliers. Exports, effectively the China line, took $46.8 million in July.
The release also counts the counting: Tashkent's committee and China's customs put figures $21.4 million apart for the same period, a gap the publication names itself.
Behind the trade line stands the production one. Uzbekneftegaz produced 18.3 billion cubic meters in the half-year, 16% less than a year earlier.
Tashkent's committee and China's customs put figures $21.4 million apart for the same period
The direction has held all year: more bought, less sold. The August line lands next month; the ratio it lands against is 4 to 1.