The key facts

  • Requests for export transportation from Uzbekistan in Q3 grew by 29%, rates by 10% year over year
  • Demand for transportation to Belarus grew by 80%, to Russia by 25%
  • Import transportation: +16% over nine months, but −8% in Q3; in September a 39% rise

Growth in export demand

The logistics service ATI.SU in its report (a copy of which is available to Spot.uz) reports a noticeable growth in demand for export freight transportation from Uzbekistan since the beginning of the year. At the end of the third quarter, the number of requests for cargo transportation to other countries increased by 29%, and rates by 10% compared with the same period of 2025. Over nine months, demand grew by 11% with positive dynamics in all three quarters.

Destinations

Demand for cargo delivery to Belarus grew the most — by 80%. The number of requests for transportation to Russia increased by a quarter.

Import transportation

Import transportation over the same period showed significant fluctuations. Since the beginning of the year, the number of orders in all directions grew by 16%, but in the third quarter a decline of 8% was recorded. Activity dropped noticeably in July-August, but at the end of September an increase of as much as 39% was recorded. On the Russian route, the number of requests in the first month of autumn grew almost 1.5 times, but given the sharp drop in the previous two months, the quarterly figure decreased by 4%. Prices for import transportation showed minimal year-over-year growth — 2%.

Domestic transportation

ATI.SU also notes a steady growth in demand for domestic freight transportation: in the third quarter, the number of requests for cargo delivery within Uzbekistan increased by 12% compared with the second quarter.

Comment and caveats

Experts note that along with market factors, the statistics are affected by the growing number of platform users: Uzbek carriers and customers are switching from manual processes to digital services. Head of the ATI.SU representative office in Uzbekistan Farid Vakhidov said: “In international transportation, the situation remains most difficult on the Russian route, which is the largest for Uzbekistan, where the fuel crisis became the main negative factor in the summer. This especially affected imports from Russia. In September, the diesel fuel situation improved, and this largely explains the surge in demand on this route.” Earlier, Spot.uz reported that Uzbekistan’s “dry ports” will be exempt from property and land taxes until 2040 provided they are digitalized.