Uzbekistan overtook Spain in terms of exports of cherries in 2022; remaining in fourth place in the world

Published 2022년 8월 29일

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Uzbekistan's sweet cherry harvest has seen a significant decrease in 2022 due to prolonged rainfall during the flowering season, leading to a drop in both domestic production and exports. Despite this, analysts, including EastFruit, predict that Uzbekistan could still rank among the top five global sweet cherry exporters, outperforming Spain which has also seen a decrease in exports. The country's export volumes are expected to be similar to Spain's, and interest from the EU and the Middle East as importers remains strong. However, Uzbekistan faces challenges in export earnings due to the need to improve cherry quality and infrastructure, as current practices result in a lower price per fruit.

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In 2022, the sweet cherry harvest in Uzbekistan dropped sharply due to prolonged rains during the flowering of cherry orchards, which also negatively affected exports. However, we wrote about this in detail in the article “Results of the sweet cherry season in Uzbekistan: a sharp decline in yield, high prices and low exports.” EastFruit analysts believe that, despite the fall in production and a sharp decline in the volume of exports of sweet cherries in 2021, Uzbekistan may remain in the top 5 largest world exporters of these fruits and will continue to outperform Spain in this indicator, which has been facing with weather disasters. In particular, in 2022, the volume of exports of sweet cherries from Spain decreased, according to various estimates, by 30-40%. This means that Uzbekistan will continue to be ahead of Spain in the global export rankings of this trendy fruit. “Interest in Uzbekistan as a potential supplier of cherries to the EU and the Middle East remains quite high. ...

Source: Eastfruit