December 20 2006, 18:39

Uzbekistan builds up the produce export thanks to growth of supplies to Russia

Since the beginning of this year Uzbekistan has exported around 694 thousands tons of agricultural products worth to the total sum of $342 mln. At the same time, in 2005 the export accounted for about 660 thousands tons. Russia remained the main buyer of Uzbek agricultural produce; the share of this country in the total supplies has increased from 50% to 86%. This information was provided by the informational agency Press-uz.info.

According to information of the source, around 250,000 tons of vegetables and cucurbits crops (worth to $83 mln) and 404,000 tons of fruits (worth to $244 mln) have been exported since the beginning of 2006. In addition, 32,800 tons of processed products and 7,000 tons of vine products have been exported during the mentioned period of time.

To the opinion of the analysts of "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits" journal, the growth of produce export from Uzbekistan became possible primarily due to the banned supplies of vegetables, fruits and berries of Polish, Moldavian and Georgian origin to Russia. At the same time Russia created the maximally favorable conditions for the supplies of fresh and processed produce from Uzbekistan to Russian market. The experts point out that Uzbekistan has very favorable climate for the further growth of fruit and vegetable production and export.