Uzbek exporters are preparing to supply one million dollars worth of dried fruits to the United States

With the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), companies from Uzbekistan are starting negotiations with American importers. With funding from USAID, three major Uzbek horticultural exporters and the Uzbekistan Export Promotion Agency participated in the annual World Agricultural Expo in Tulare, California on February 8-10, 2022. This was the first time fruit exporters from Uzbekistan attended the event. The companies paid their own travel expenses, while USAID funded booths at the show and helped establish business contacts. By the end of the exhibition, all three companies are starting negotiations with importers from the United States. Last week, a company closed a deal to supply more than $1 million worth of dried fruits, including dried apricots and dried grapes, to an American food importer from New York. Another company has established contacts with West Hills College, an American college in California's San Joaquin Valley, to further ...