February 1, Uzbek Commodity Exchange (UZEX) board held an extended meeting on the results of activity in 2013 and agenda for 2014, with the participation of heads of central office and regional branches.
In 2013, UZEX achieved positive results in core areas of its activities, including in the volume of transactions, financial stability, regional infrastructure development and improvement of the regulatory framework.
Over the past year, the national commodity exchange market reached a new historical milestone. The total volume of transactions registered on all trading platforms increased by 24.1% and amounted to 7.1 trillion soums. Of these, 83.6 % or 6 trillion soums account for exchange trading. Volume of exhibition and fair trading amounted to 693.9 bln soums, electronic trades in public procurement orders reached 417.0 bln soums.
“Uzbekistan today” newspaper
