During the visit to Uzbekistan, a representative of the Kuwaiti holding company Marafie Group and The Commercial Real Estate Co met with a number of ministers and heads of individual departments of Uzbekistan.
In the first quarter of this year, Uzbekistan supplied about 70 thousand tons of fruit and vegetable products to Russia, which is almost 1.8 times more than in the same period of 2023 (39.5 thousand tons).
Presidential Decree No. PP-146 dated 04/01/2024 "On measures to fulfill the tasks defined within the framework of the dialogue between the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and entrepreneurs engaged in the cultivation, production and export of agricultural and food products" was adopted.
According to the results of the 2023/24 season, Uzbekistan is quite capable of breaking into the top five world exporters of fresh onions. This is reported by EastFruit analysts.
In August of this year, the volume of exports of Uzbek melon exceeded the total volume of shipments of these products in the previous three months, which was facilitated by a sharp reduction in the gap in wholesale prices for these products with last year's levels and low prices, analysts at EastFruit say.
High harvest and low prices for peach and nectarine in Uzbekistan this season contribute to increasing shipments of these products to foreign markets.
The Agency for Quarantine and Plant Protection has denied information about dangerous viruses in tomatoes in Uzbekistan. These unverified data were published in several news channels in Telegram and were based on a story from the news block of one of the Kazakh TV channels.
In January-November 2022, Uzbekistan exported vegetables and fruits in the amount of 1 billion US dollars. This is reported by Goskomstat.
The Magnit chain is one of the leading retailers in the Russian grocery retail market, for 11 months of 2022 it doubled the import of vegetables and fruits from Uzbekistan compared to the same period last year, according to EastFruit experts.
In August-September 2022, in all categories of farms in Uzbekistan, the area of onion and garlic sowing amounted to 96.1 thousand hectares, which is almost 11.9% more than in August-September 2021.
