In January 2022, Pakistan became the largest supplier of potatoes to Uzbekistan

In January 2022, Uzbekistan imported 41 thousand tons of potatoes, which is 953 tons or 2.3% less than in the same period last year. However, the volume of imports of these products remains high compared to January of previous years - 68% more than in the same period in 2020 and 85% more than in January 2019, EastFruit analysts report. According to the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan, Pakistan became the largest supplier of potatoes in January 2022, its share in total imports amounted to 51% (21.1 thousand tons). Following him in the list of main supplying countries are: Kazakhstan - 21% (8.5 thousand tons), Iran - 10% (4.1 thousand tons), Kyrgyzstan - 7% (3 thousand tons) and Afghanistan - 7% (3 thousand tons). EastFruit analysts draw attention to the fundamental changes in the structure of potato imports to Uzbekistan in January 2022 compared to the same month last year. In January 2022, potato imports from Kazakhstan in physical terms decreased by 3.7 times compared to ...