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Uzbekistan exports 140,000 tons of fruit, vegetables to Kazakhstan

Business Materials 21 May 2019 13:31 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 21

By Fakhri Vakilov- Trend:

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan became the main consumers of fruit and vegetables from Uzbekistan in 2019, Trend reports with reference to State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan.

During four months of 2019, 140,000 tons of fruit and vegetables for $64.1 million were exported to Kazakhstan (share of 22.8 percent in total exports) and 19,700 tons for $73.3 million (26.1 percent) to Kyrgyzstan.

Since the beginning of the year, almost half of fruit and vegetables produced in Uzbekistan in the amount of $137.4 million have been exported to neighboring countries.

Russia closes the top three importers, with 58,600 tons of imported products worth $29.7 million.

According to official statistics, since the beginning of the year, five largest consumers of Uzbek fruit and vegetables also included Ukraine and Turkey with a specific weight of 7.5 percent and 5.4 percent in monetary terms.

Ukraine imported 39,800 tons of fruit and vegetables in the amount of $21 million, and Turkey imported 44,500 tons for $15.2 million.

The State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan reported that the volume of exports of fruit and vegetables in January-April 2019 amounted to more than 440,500 tons and reached $ 281.3 million (a growth rate of 80.7 percent in terms of value).

More than 367,300 tons of vegetables were exported (physical volume increase by 156.2 percent) in the amount of $177.6 million, and 73,200 tons of fruit and berries were exported (physical volume increase by 28.7 percent) in the amount of $103.7 million. The growth rates in terms of value reached 173.7 and 194.1 percent respectively, compared to the same period last year

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