The gold and currency reserves of Uzbekistan declined by 3.55% in 2018 and amounted to $ 2.7 billion as of January 1, 2019 against a 6.24% increase in 2017, Trend reports.

In particular, assets in foreign currency declined last year by 11.4% to 12.44 billion dollars, in monetary gold they grew in cash equivalent by 4.32% to 14.64 billion dollars, and in physical volume by 5, 55% to 11.4 million troy ounces.

The share of the first position in the gold and foreign exchange reserves of Uzbekistan decreased from 50.01% on January 1, 2018 to 45.94% on January 1, 2019, and on the second, increased from 49.99 to 54.06%, respectively.

Net foreign exchange reserves of Uzbekistan, which do not take into account currency funds of banks and government agencies (except for the Ministry of Finance and the Fund for Reconstruction and Development) on the accounts of the Central Bank, decreased over the year by 0.65% to $ 26.39 billion against 5.48% growth in 2017

At the same time, their share in the total foreign exchange reserves of the country increased from 94.62% on January 1, 2018 to 97.46% on January 1, 2019.

“The Qazaq Times”