Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan intend to create a grain processing cluster

Published 2022년 11월 9일

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Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are set to increase their agricultural cooperation, with Kazakh businessmen establishing a cluster for fruit and vegetable processing in Uzbekistan's Namangan region, and Uzbek entrepreneurs creating a cluster for deep processing of Kazakh grain. The collaboration includes projects for crop cultivation for export, forward contract sales of early vegetables, herbs, and potatoes, and the establishment of a grain processing cluster. The trade turnover between the two countries in 2021 reached $1.2 billion, with mutual trade volume in January-September 2022 being $1.3 billion.

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Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are expanding agricultural cooperation. Kazakh businessmen are creating a cluster for processing fruits and vegetables in the Namangan region, and Uzbek entrepreneurs are creating a cluster for deep processing of Kazakh grain, Podrobno.uz reports. This became known following the talks between the Minister of Agriculture of Uzbekistan Aziz Voitov and the Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Yerbol Karashukeev. Particular attention during the meeting was paid to projects that are being implemented on the territory of Uzbekistan. So, today three projects are being implemented with the attraction of Kazakh capital for 101.3 million dollars. Among them, the creation of refrigeration facilities for $40 million and the launch of an agricultural cluster for processing fruits and vegetables worth $43.8 million in the Namangan region. The parties discussed projects for the joint cultivation of crops in Kazakhstan for further export to Uzbekistan, the conclusion of ...

Source: Agrosektor