The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree to convert the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade of Uzbekistan into the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan.
The decree was aimed at "further improving the efficiency of foreign trade relations, liberalizing foreign trade, strengthening the export potential and improving the system of promoting local products to foreign markets, forming long-term sustainable trade partnerships with foreign partners."
The Ministry of Foreign Trade shall be responsible for the formation and implementation of the foreign trade policy, and shall coordinate the work of government bodies in the field of foreign trade regulation.
