Uzbekistan exports a record amounts of onions to the EU, Eastern Europe, and Asia

According to EastFruit analysts, Uzbekistan has benefited greatly from the limited supply of onions in Europe and the Middle East. After the lifting of export restrictions from March 15, 2023 to the end of May 2023, the country has already exported over 157,000. tons of onions, which is a new record for such a short period. The total income from onion exports during these 2.5 months amounted to USD 29.2 million. Although onion exports were banned until mid-March, cumulative deliveries in 2023 are already 33% higher than in 2022. It has significantly expanded as well as the geographic scope of exports. While a year ago onions were mainly sent to six countries from the same region and Ukraine, in 2023 onions from Uzbekistan were already sold to 18 countries. Onions from Uzbekistan have already been imported by five EU countries: Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and the Czech Republic. From Eastern Europe, significant amounts of onions from Uzbekistan went to Ukraine, Moldova and ...