Gold rate today in Uzbekistan

Central Bank gold bars

The Central Bank of Uzbekistan (CBU) sells gold bars of 999.9 fine gold through commercial banks, in weights of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 g. It sets the prices in som from the world price per gram, plus or minus its own margin, and publishes them daily on its website; they can change during the day. At today's international price, the gold in a 10 g bar is worth about 15,535,074 UZS, before the bank's margin.

Selling back and checking a bar

A bar in its intact packaging is bought back at a bank branch with immediate payment; other bars are bought only after an authenticity test, at a lower price. The packaging serves as the bar's certificate and carries a unique serial number, and bars with undamaged packaging may be taken out of Uzbekistan. The CBU lists 132 sale and buyback offices across all 14 regions, 33 of them in Tashkent city.

Gold is most of the reserves

On 1 November 2026 Uzbekistan's official reserve assets were US$63,625 million, of which gold was US$58,044 million, about 91%. The gold came to 14.58 million fine troy ounces, about 453 tonnes (CBU reserves table). So the gold price moves the country's reserve figures directly.

VAT on jewellery since 2026

Uzbekistan's VAT is 12%. From 1 January 2026 the VAT exemption on sales of jewellery and the retail sales fee on gold jewellery were abolished, and all jewellery producers and sellers became VAT payers (PwC). We could not confirm how CBU bars are taxed.

What moves the som gold price

The CBU publishes official exchange rates every day. The som price of gold is the dollar price times USD/UZS, so a weaker som raises the local price even when gold is flat in dollars. See what moves gold prices.

Rules for gold traders in Uzbekistan

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Trading hours in Uzbekistan time

The international gold market trades almost around the clock, from Monday morning in Asia to Friday evening in New York. The busiest window, the London–New York overlap, falls today at about 18:00–22:00 UZT. That is when US data such as payrolls and inflation is released and the price usually moves most. Uzbekistan is on UTC+5 all year, so the overlap falls in the evening. The gold market hours tool shows every session in your own time zone.

How this UZS gold price is calculated

Three numbers decide everything on this page. First, the international gold price in US dollars per troy ounce: $4,042.7 at the last update. Second, the exchange rate: 1 USD = 11,952.28 UZS. Third, the weight: one troy ounce is 31.1035 grams, and one tola is 11.6638 grams.

1. Price per gram in USD = $4,042.7 ÷ 31.1035 = $129.98.
2. Price per gram in UZS = $129.98 × 11,952.28 = 1,553,507 UZS (24k, pure gold).
3. Price per 10 grams = 1,553,507 × 10 = 15,535,074 UZS.
4. For a lower purity, multiply by the fineness: 18k = 0.75, 14k = 0.585.

The gold price is the spot price of gold (XAUUSD) from a public real-time feed, refreshed every few seconds while the page is open; the 7-day table and the 30-session chart use COMEX gold futures closes, which usually sit a few dollars above spot. The exchange rate is a mid-market rate; the rate your bank or money changer gives you will be slightly different. If you want to do the maths yourself, our guide to converting the gold price per gram, tola and kilo walks through every step with worked examples.

What this price does not include

The figures above are the international spot price converted into local currency. They are the starting point for every retail price in Uzbekistan, but they are not the price you will pay or receive at a shop. The shop price adds some or all of these on top:

• Import duty or customs charges, where gold or jewellery is imported.
• Sales tax or VAT, where the country charges one. Many countries tax jewellery but not investment bars; the sections above say what applies here.
• Dealer premium: the margin a bullion dealer or bank adds to the spot price for bars and coins, usually larger on small pieces.
• Making charges (labour) on jewellery, often a percentage of the gold value or a fixed amount per gram.
• Local supply and demand, which can push the physical price to a premium or a discount against the international price for weeks at a time.

When you sell, the buyer usually quotes below the spot-based number and deducts for purity testing, wear and sometimes stones. The gap between the buying and the selling price is the real cost of owning physical gold, and it varies a lot between shops, so it is worth asking several.

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