The gold and currency reserves of Uzbekistan have been growing for the third month in a row, it follows from the data of the Central Bank.

So, on February 1, 2019, the country's gross foreign exchange reserves amounted to $27,2 billion. Of these, 12,6 billion - assets in foreign currency, 14,5 billion - monetary gold.

On January 1, net foreign exchange reserves totaled $26,6 billion:

The Central Bank notes that an increase in reserves in January 2019 is partly due to the increase in the price of gold from $1,281 to $1,322 per ounce (impact on the increase of $466,6 million).

Earlier, it was reported that Uzbekistan began the year again with an active sale of gold.