“The two countries are expected to sign a protocol incorporating additions and amendments into the Pakistan-Uzbekistan Transit Trade Agreement during the visit of Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister to Pakistan on July 21st.”
“The amendment will formally add the China corridor to the available routes under the agreement, allowing goods to move through the Sost Dry Port and western China before entering Central Asia…”
“Pakistan plans to use the corridor as an additional route for trade destined for the Central Asian Republics, including Uzbekistan. Tashkent, meanwhile, will retain access to Pakistan’s seaports under the revised framework, the official added.”
“For years, the shortest and commercially most attractive route between Pakistan and Uzbekistan ran through Afghanistan. The proposed Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan corridor was also expected to become the foundation for a railway connecting Central Asia with the Arabian Sea.”
“The China corridor consequently gives Pakistan and Uzbekistan a route that avoids both Afghanistan and Iran. It also supports Islamabad’s longer-term attempt to extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor towards Central Asia.”
“Bilateral trade reached $445.9 million in 2025. Pakistan exported goods worth $120.9 million to Uzbekistan, including food products valued at $56.2 million, chemical products worth $45.3 million, industrial goods worth $6.4 million and finished products totalling $5.2 million.”
“Pakistan imported $325 million worth of goods and services from Uzbekistan during the same period. These included food products valued at $260.2 million, services worth $30.1 million, industrial goods worth $21.2 million and non-food raw materials totalling $13.2 million.”