Frozen vegetables and fruits in the export of Uzbekistan caught up with cherries and onions

Published 2023년 1월 26일

Tridge summary

Uzbekistan's export earnings from frozen fruits, berries, and vegetables surged to $30 million in 2022, marking an 85% annual increase and nearly eight times the revenue from three years ago. The growth is primarily driven by the export of broccoli, cauliflower, pepper, cherries, peaches, plums, and apricots, with new exports of frozen melon, spinach, sweet corn, and strawberries. Despite the current reliance on less profitable exports, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) emphasizes the potential for growth, especially with the first shipments to the European Union and the cultivation of trendier but underdeveloped berry crops. The article highlights Uzbekistan's climate suitability for producing high-quality produce and the benefits of freezing for storage and transportation, suggesting that the country could further diversify its agricultural exports by investing in berry cultivation for high-paying markets in the USA, Canada, and the European Union.

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Original content

For many years, EastFruit analysts have been actively promoting the idea of developing the production of frozen vegetables and fruits for export in the countries of Central Asia. Therefore, the latest trends in this market cannot but rejoice - the export of frozen fruits, berries and vegetables in Uzbekistan is already among the 6-8 main sources of export earnings for the country's fruit and vegetable sector. At the end of 2022, according to our preliminary estimates, fruit and vegetable freezing brought Uzbekistan about $30 million in export earnings. Over the year, revenue increased by 85%, and over the past three years - almost 8 times! “The proceeds from the export of frozen fruits and vegetables brought Uzbekistan approximately the same revenue as the export of the famous Uzbek cherries or the export of Uzbek onions. Five years ago, almost no one in Uzbekistan could even imagine such a thing!” says Andriy Yarmak, an economist at the Investment Department of the Food and ...

Source: Eastfruit