For the first time in the past few years, potato imports to Uzbekistan have decreased

In 2022, for the first time in the past few years, the volume of imports of marketable potatoes to Uzbekistan decreased. Although, the drop in imports turned out to be rather symbolic, at least we can confidently speak about the absence of growth and the non-updating of last year's record, EastFruit analysts say. Until 2016, the annual volume of potato imports to Uzbekistan did not exceed 50 thousand tons per year. However, starting from 2017, the import of these products began to grow and until 2021 there was a steady increase in the statistics of imports of commercial potatoes, every year updating the record of the previous year. Thus, potatoes have become the main import position of the fruit and vegetable sector of Uzbekistan, from 2017 to 2021, the volume of imports of these products increased from 193.6 thousand tons to 547.2 thousand tons, i.e. 2.8 times. According to international trade statistics, in January-December 2022, the volume of imports of marketable potatoes to ...