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Imports of air purifiers to Uzbekistan have grown more than 8 times in three years
Imports of household air purifiers to Uzbekistan have shown strong growth in recent years. If in 2022 about 2,000 devices were imported into the country, in 2024 - over 16 thousand, and in less than 2025 - more than 18 thousand, Gazeta found out.
Imports of household air purifiers to Uzbekistan have shown rapid growth in recent years. This follows from the data of the Customs Committee, which Gazeta studied.
In 2022, 2,000 air purifiers were imported into the country for a total of $176.5 thousand. In 2023, the volume of imports increased to 2,613 units worth 182.6 thousand dollars.
The most noticeable growth occurred in 2024 - import volumes increased more than 6 times compared to the previous year (and 8 times compared to 2022), to 16,337 units with a total value of $1.34 million.
Based on the results of January-October 2025, Uzbekistan has already imported 18,460 air purifiers worth $1.29 million. Despite the decrease in cost compared to last year, the number of imported devices increased by approximately 13% in less than a year.
The main supplying countries this year are China, Türkiye, Germany, Russia, the Netherlands, South Korea, Switzerland, Lithuania, the UAE and Spain.
In the fall of 2024, the World Bank published a report according to which premature mortality in Tashkent caused by exposure to PM2.5 fine dust was estimated at 3,042 cases per year. Damage to public health is estimated at $488.4 million. 83% of the capital’s residents live in areas with high levels of air pollution, the document noted.
Last September, the president was presented with measures to improve air quality in Tashkent and a program to combat dust storms until 2030. It was proposed to introduce penalties for non-compliance with air protection requirements at construction sites, tighten fines for cutting down and drying trees, and more.
In January last year, the Ministry of Ecology named the main factors of air pollution in Tashkent as emissions from vehicles running on low-quality fuel, the use of coal and fuel oil at thermal and power plants, construction work without master plans and cutting down trees. Around Tashkent, instead of a “green” ring, a “gray” ring has actually formed from greenhouses that run on coal and pollute the air, the Ministry of Ecology noted then.
At the beginning of 2023, in order to save gas, the government decided to transfer part of the greenhouses, cement and brick factories, kindergartens, schools and hospitals to coal fuel. That year, it was expected that 5,407 social facilities, 1,147 greenhouses and 250 factories would be converted to coal. This summer, the president said that greenhouses that have switched to coal or other alternative sources can return to using gas if there are export obligations. In connection with complaints about air pollution in the Tashkent region, he instructed to finally solve the problems associated with the influence of greenhouses on the environmental situation.
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