TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, November 14. The volume of potato production on farms in Uzbekistan amounted to 2.6 million tons from January through September of 2023, Trend reports.
As per data by Uzbekistan’s State Statistics Committee, the recorded number is 29,100 tons or 1.1 percent more than in the same period last year.
Over the past four months, wholesale potato prices in Uzbekistan have remained stable at 3,000 soums ($0.26) per kilogram.
Data by Uzbek Statistics Committee shows that the average wholesale price of potatoes in Uzbekistan as of November 3 of 2023 is a quarter lower than on the same date last year.
Simultaneously, the price is 40 percent lower than on the same date in 2021 and 12 percent lower than on the same date in 2020 due to the import of this product in large volumes.
Potatoes have become the main import position in the fruit and vegetable sector of Uzbekistan over the past few years. In 2022, the volume of imports of marketable potatoes to Uzbekistan amounted to 5.32 million tons.