04.02.19.
On Monday, April 1 the Central Bank’s press service reported that the remittances of individuals from Russia to Uzbekistan increased by 1.4% in 2018.
"The volume of remittances to Uzbekistan from Russia in 2018 amounted to $ 3.963 billion," the statement said. According to the regulator, as compared with 2017, the growth of transfers amounted to 1.4%. The volume of transfers from Uzbekistan to the Russian Federation in 2018 amounted to $ 402.2 million against $ 346.3 million a year earlier (an increase of 16%).
As before, Russia ranks first in the transfer of remittances of individuals to Uzbekistan. According to the Central Bank, last year individuals transferred only $ 5.114 billion to Uzbekistan, which is 0.4% more than in 2017.
According to official data, outside Uzbekistan, which has a population of 33 million,
approximately 20% of the working-age population work permanently and 85% of them work in Russia.
