Trade and Economic Cooperation of Russia and Uzbekistan at the Current Stage Ivanov I. P. The Development of Trade Platforms ETF in Europe

Abstract

The article shows the place and role of Uzbekistan in foreign economic relations of the Russian Federation and analyzes the contract-legal foundation regulating trade and economic cooperation between the states. Special attention is paid to the structure and dynamics of goods turn-over and key lines in investment cooperation. The principle problems of trade cooperation according to the author are the low proportion of chemical industry in the structure of foreign trade, though it has a great potential of development and the pricing system of the Uzbek cotton fibre. The article shows features and priorities of Russian investment in economy of the republic, where it is possible to mention joint projects in the field of fuel and energy complex, conducting geological prospecting on the territory of the republic, developing oil-fields of hydrocarbon fuel and its transportation. As a conclusion the article provides the assessment of trade and economic cooperation between the countries, identifies prospects of further collaboration: deepening inter-regional links, broadening the range of mutual delivery of manufactured products, widening lines of Russian investment (coal industry, electric-power engineering, radio-technical and electronic industry). In order to study the impact of different factors on bilateral relations of cooperation the author used the empiric method, which includes analysis of statistic materials, study of documents, first of all multi-sided agreements and contracts and investigation of conceptual approaches of academics, practical experts and specialists in international problems.

Keywords

• russia
• uzbekistan
• goods turn-over
• foreign-economic relations
• import
• export
• investment