Transactions worth 749.7 billion sums were carried out at the Uzbek Commodity Exchange (UZEX) during the November 19-23 trade week, the press service of the institution noted.

It should be noted that the above mentioned figure is 11.3 percent less compared to the week before (845.2 billion sums)

The exchange trading dropped from 747.6 billion sums to 652 billion sums. In the sales, construction materials held the first place with a share of 22.1 percent. Oil products ranked second with a share of 16.9 percent, followed by fodder with 12.4 percent, as well as chemical products with 7.6 percent.

The currency trading site of the exchange sold local goods worth $2.3 million, against $1.9 million a week before. A significant part of the deals fell on polyethylene (57 percent) followed by industrial oil with 43 percent.

Over the past period, 880 car plates were sold through online auctions, against 695 a week before. The total amount of sold license plates exceeded 3.6 billion sums.