Uzbekistan exported a record volume of plums in 2022

The export season of fresh plums from Uzbekistan is coming to an end; over the past ten days, the total volume of shipments of this product to foreign markets amounted to less than 80 tons. EastFruit analysts summarize the preliminary results of the current season. In 2022, shipments of the first batches of plums from the new crop from Uzbekistan began on the 10th of May, and over the past five months since the start of the export season, the country has exported a record volume of plums compared to the same period in 2017-2021, which was facilitated by a high harvest and low prices in the domestic market. According to preliminary official statistics, from May 11 to October 10, 2022, Uzbekistan exported 48.4 thousand tons of fresh plums worth $23.4 million, which is 2.5 times more in kind than in the same period last year and almost 11% higher than the previous record figure in 2019. In 2017-2021 The export season for new harvest plums did not start until the second decade of May, ...