Uzbekistan

Persimmon is Getting More Expensive in Uzbekistan – Prices are 70% Higher Than Last Year

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There is a sharp rise in wholesale prices for persimmons in Uzbekistan. Their average price already reaches $0.30/kg now, while last year it was $0.18/kg.

The rise in prices for persimmons provokes increased demand from wholesalers who are trying to store persimmons. Traditionally, they are stored for selling in the pre-New Year period, when their prices rise significantly. This year, the rise in prices is also facilitated by the fact that the season of persimmon ripening in Central Asia has shifted to a later date. Do not underestimate the impact of the poor harvest of persimmons in Spain, the global market leader for persimmons.

Note that the export volumes of persimmons from Uzbekistan are growing quite rapidly and reach almost 100 thousand tons. The main competitors of Uzbekistan in the Russian persimmon market are Azerbaijan, Iran, Israel, Georgia, Turkey, and China. Russia, on the other hand, is the world’s largest importer of persimmons. Kazakhstan that also imports large volumes of persimmons from Uzbekistan is second in terms of persimmon imports globally. Another country in our region, Ukraine, is fourth after Germany. More and more persimmons from Uzbekistan are sold every year in Ukraine. In 2020, Uzbekistan supplied Ukraine with a record volume – 1.8 thousand mt.

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Russia Sharply Increased Imports of Watermelon from Uzbekistan and Turkey, Setting a New Record

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In 2021 Russia will set a new record for watermelon imports. With several months still left till the end of the year, the record has already been set – as of the end of July 2021, imports of watermelon in Russia reached 46 thousand mt, while in 2020, in total, 38,3 thousand mt of watermelon were imported.

Thus, according to our estimates, by the end of 2021, imports of fresh watermelon to Russia may exceed 70 thousand mt for the first time, and the import volume will grow by about 80% compared to 2020’s record imports.

In certain circumstances, the imports of watermelons to the Russian Federation may even double. in 2021, watermelon prices across Europe were unusually low. Even if Russia could not directly import watermelons from Ukraine where farmers were ready to give them from the field for free, imports from Central Asia, where prices during the peak export in June-July, were also the lowest in recent years. (more…)

Export of Apricots from Uzbekistan Decreased 6.5 Times in May-June 2021

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According to the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan, in the first half of 2021, the exports volume of apricot amounted to only 8.8 thousand mt worth $ 7.7 million. In the same period last year, the republic exported 6.5 times more – 56.9 thousand mt. Considering that the season for exporting fresh apricots from Uzbekistan to foreign markets lasts three months – from May to July, the above data for the first half of the year can be attributed to two months – May-June. Thus, the exports of Uzbek apricots in May-June 2021 decreased 6.5 times in physical terms compared to the same period last year. However, there is an important note: ​​the exports of apricots from Uzbekistan in 2020 was a record one.

Even without taking into account the record last year, the exports of fresh apricots in May-June 2021 decreased several times compared to the same period in previous years. For example: 5.3 times by 2019, 3.5 times – 2018, 2.2 times – 2017.

The three post-Soviet countries account for 96% of the exports of Uzbek apricot in May-June 2021:

Kazakhstan – 4.0 thousand mt (45% of the total exports volume of fresh apricots);

Russia – 3.1 thousand mt (35%)

Kyrgyzstan – 1.4 thousand mt (16%)

At the same time, 81% of the exports volume of fresh apricots was shipped to foreign markets from three regions of Uzbekistan – Fergana (47%), Tashkent (22%) and Namangan (13%) regions. Accordingly, the total share of the remaining 11 regions of the republic in the exports of fresh apricots was 19%.

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Russia Lifts Ban on Tomato Imports from Two Uzbekistan Regions

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Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor has again permitted imports of tomatoes from six Uzbek ventures, starting March 3. The imports were approved under the guarantee of the State Inspectorate for Plant Quarantine under the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan, as well as on the basis of laboratory test results proving the tomatoes from six companies – from the Kashkadarya and Navoi regions- do not have tomato brown rugose fruit virus.

The Russian Federation banned the import of tomatoes from these regions in December 2020, after the tomato brown rugose fruit virus was detected.

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More Uzbek Vegetables and Fruits to be Exported to Russia

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Fruits and vegetables, exported from Uzbekistan, will be delivered to Russia according to a simplified scheme. The corresponding agreement was signed in Tashkent on 1 October during a visit to Uzbekistan by a delegation of Russian senators led by Valentina Matvienko.

Dozens of Russian companies now work in Uzbekistan, and the number of enterprises with Russian participation has long exceeded one thousand. More than 7 billion dollars alone are investments in the country’s economy by Russian oil giant Lukoil, while Gazprom is developing the second field here.

On 1 October, representatives of the government and business of Russia and Uzbekistan put their signatures under another document that will help bring more grapes, persimmons, figs, pink pomegranate, tomatoes and other famous Uzbek fruits and vegetables to our country. This is a “road map” that aims to quickly deliver fruit and vegetable products from Uzbekistan to the Russian Federation, including by simplifying customs procedures.

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Uzbekistan: Exports of Tomatoes to Russia Tripled

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Russia increased imports of tomatoes from Uzbekistan in the first half of 2018. Imports of tomatoes increased to about 410,000 MT; 17% more than in the same period of 2017.

At the same time, Uzbekistan increased the export of fresh tomatoes to Russia by three times during the reporting period.

For the first six months of 2018, as many as 14,500 MT of Uzbek tomatoes reached the Russian market. This amount accounts for about 3.5% of total imports of these products to the country. A year earlier, Uzbekistan’s share in the supply of tomatoes to the Russian market in the first half of the year was 1.3%.

According to East-Fruit analysts, the main advantage of Uzbekistan is the opportunity to supply inexpensive tomatoes from unheated greenhouses covered with film already in May, when the prices for tomatoes in Russia are still very high.

Azernews.az reports how at this time, there is a local tomato from heated greenhouses, as well as greenhouse products from Turkey, Iran, Morocco and Armenia in the Russian market.

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Uzbekistan’s fruit and veg exports to Russia up 10%

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Russia is still looking for alternative suppliers for fruits and vegetables and one of the countries it has set its eyes on is Uzbekistan.

As reported by Russian sources, the total import of fruit and vegetables from Uzbekistan to Russia since January has increased by 10 percent compared to the same period last year.

The biggest increase compared to the same period of 2015 was recorded in the case of citrus fruit, with Russian imports becoming over 50 times greater. There has also been a significant growth in the case of grapes. In total, since the beginning of the year, Russia has imported 13.4 thousand tonnes of this fruit from Uzbekistan, compared to 339 tonnes in the corresponding months of the previous year.

In the case of lemons, even though the import volume is not particularly large, so far this year Uzbekistan has sold Russia approximately 621 tonnes, compared to just 14 tonnes in the same period of 2015.

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Russian retail is negotiating the supplies of fruits and vegetables from Uzbekistan

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The largest Russian retail chains are negotiating the supplies of fruits and vegetables from Uzbekistan. Magnit, Auchan, 6 sotok, Essen and others showed their interest in Uzbek fruits and vegetables.

After the visit of the President of Uzbekistan to Russia and negotiations with Vladimir Putin, a number of Russian companies sent the request for Uzbek fruit and vegetables.

According to the inner source, a long-terms agreements for 5 and 15 years are being negotiated.  Uzbek companies suggest one price for the year.

Long-term agreements will allow Uzbek companies to focus on the production of the necessary volumes of exports of agricultural products and form logistics. Distributional centers for logistics, storage, processing, export will be created in 11 regions of Uzbekistan. Fruit and vegetables will be supplied there from the fields, where they will be stored in refrigerators for further shipment to export or processed into finished products.

When the sanctions are over, Uzbek companies will have some advantages, for example, Turkish companies work separately, and Uzbek companies act as a united group, although a lot is to be done.

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A decrease of 25% in Uzbekistan’s grape exports to Russia

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Uzbekistan reduced grape exports to the Russian Federation by a quarter in the season 2012/13. Exports reached just 47,000 tons, the lowest result in the past 5 seasons.

A decrease in exports was registered in almost all major grape suppliers of Russia with Turkey being an exception and maintaining its export levels. At the same time, despite a decrease in shipments, Uzbekistan still ranked second in grape exports to Russia with the share of 12%. The country has been the second largest exporter for the fifth season in a row.