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Uzbekistan exempts import of irrigation systems from customs fees

Business Materials 3 February 2018 11:27 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 3

By Nigar Guliyeva - Trend:

The Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan has exempted all irrigation systems from customs payments.

Under a Cabinet of Ministers decree, amendments and additions were made to the list of rootstocks, seedlings and equipment for drip irrigation imported by farms and other organizations, releasing them until Jan. 1, 2021 from customs duties (except for customs clearance fees).

In addition to drip irrigation systems and related components, rain and other irrigation systems have been added to the list.

Now the list includes the following: rootstock for fruit crops, fruit seedlings, parts for drip, rain and other types of irrigation systems (bends, filters for water purification, hydropods, etc.), components (control panels, cables, metrological sensors) and other details of automation, drip, rain and other systems of irrigation, pump installations, drip pipes and fittings, rain and other systems of irrigation, and others.

The country’s horticulture sector is an especially important source of all-season employment in rural areas and provides a significant number of jobs for women. Moreover, horticulture crops generate significantly higher revenues for farmers than wheat and cotton. Fruit and vegetable production accounts for as much as 50 percent of the value of crop output and over 35 percent of agriculture export value.

In 2016, agriculture accounted for 17 percent of gross domestic product, 15 percent of export revenues, and over one-third of employment.

(8175.77 UZS = 1 USD on Feb. 3)

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