Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept 3
By Fakhri Vakilov - Trend:
Uzbekistan has reached an agreement with Malaysian Golden Prime Food LLC (part of Golden Prime Group) to export a trial batch of dried fruits and vegetable products (dried apricots, peanuts, raisins) and 3.15 tons of honey, Trend reports citing the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan.
From August 30 to September 1, 2019, a number of Uzbek enterprises took part in the exhibition and conference “Development of E-Commerce”, organized by the Malaysian company “Cloud Union” in one of the largest trade and exhibition centers of the capital of Malaysia, “Sunway Pyramid Convention Center".
According to the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Malaysia, “Cloud Union” is developing special electronic platforms for the development of e-commerce in Southeast Asia and today the online platform of the seller’s companies has more than 10 million subscribers.
Representatives of Malaysian companies announced their interest in developing trade and economic cooperation with exporting enterprises of Uzbekistan.
The exhibition also considered the possibility of holding a similar event in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) in 2020.
More than 200 companies interested in selling their products through relevant electronic trading platforms took part in these activities.
Based on the results of the participation of representatives of Uzbekistan in the event, a preliminary agreement was reached on organizing a visit of Cloud Union representatives to Uzbekistan on September 13-18, 2019 to study the prospects for the development of electronic commerce by introducing appropriate electronic trading platforms, and in order to provide opportunities for exporters from Uzbekistan to increase supplies of domestic products to Malaysia.
In addition, the parties reached an agreement on organizing trips of tourist groups from Malaysia (about 100-150 people) to Uzbekistan in order to familiarize themselves with the cultural and historical heritage and explore the possibility of establishing trade and economic cooperation.
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