OREANDA-NEWS. On January 26, 2009 National Bank of Uzbekistan for Foreign Economic Activity (NBU) said it had over 1.803 million clients at the end of 2008. The clientele base rose by 18% compared to the beginning of 2008.

The bank serves the significant part of foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan. The bank said it has over correspondent relations with over 612 leading international banks of Uzbekistan.

NBU said this allows to expand geography of transactions and organize collaboration of the Uzbek businesses with their partners.