# Uzbekistan exports to China: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Uzbekistan to China, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/UZB-CHN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Uzbekistan reported $1.8B in goods exports to China. The overall review level is Watch.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $1.8B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 29.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 3 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 15 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 27.1% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $19.1B | 41.7% | Watch |
| 2 | 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $30.3B | 0% | Watch |
| 3 | 520514 | Cotton yarn: (not sewing thread), single, of uncombed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, less than 192.31 but not less than 125 decitex (exceeding 52 but not exceeding 80 metric number), not for retail sale | $427.5M | 54.6% | High attention |
| 4 | 071331 | Vegetables, leguminous: beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna radiata (l.) wilczek, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $473.8M | 26.7% | High attention |
| 5 | 520512 | Cotton yarn: (not sewing thread), single, of uncombed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, less than 714.29 but not less than 232.56 decitex (exceeding 14 but not exceeding 43 metric number), not for retail sale | $1.5B | 28.3% | High attention |
| 6 | 740321 | Copper: copper-zinc base alloys (brass) unwrought | $825.4M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $2.6B | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 130212 | Vegetable saps and extracts: of liquorice | $34.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 520513 | Cotton yarn: (not sewing thread), single, of uncombed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, less than 232.56 but not less than 192.31 decitex (exceeding 43 but not exceeding 52 metric number), not for retail sale | $110.8M | 55.1% | Critical attention |
| 10 | 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $4.9B | 78.7% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.