EF Trade Alerts: Growth in exports of figs and melons, results of July 2022 in Uzbekistan

Fruits

Vegetables

Uzbekistan

Published Oct 28, 2022

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The second month of summer this year brought mixed results for fruit and vegetable exporters from Uzbekistan. On the one hand, they managed to significantly increase the export of melons, and export volumes of figs reached a record high. On the other hand, deliveries of watermelons, tomatoes and onions decreased compared to the same month last year. As for imports, its dynamics was more stable, and from the significant changes in July 2022, one can only note a decrease in apple imports.

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EF Trade Alerts. Uzbekistan. melons Export of melons and gourds from Uzbekistan in July of this year was characterized by opposite trends. Thus, export supplies of melons continued to grow rapidly, and in May-July 2022, Uzbekistan was able to double their volume, updating the record of the previous year. In the second month of this summer, the country exported almost 18 thousand tons of melons, and the three most active destinations for such sales were Kazakhstan (37%), Russia (30%) and Tajikistan (18%). We also note a further increase in the export of melons to the EU in July 2022: sales of these products from Uzbekistan to the EU countries more than doubled to 1.3 thousand tons. Latvia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Estonia remained active buyers of Uzbek melons in the EU. In the segment of watermelons, a completely different situation was noted. A month earlier, in June 2022, the country managed to more than triple the export of watermelons, but in July it ...

Source: Eastfruit