From the second decade of August 2021, the current season of raisins (dried grapes) production started in Uzbekistan, which will last until the end of September, EastFruit experts report. Now the season for drying grapes and producing raisins is in full swing. Raisins are Uzbekistan's main export position in the dried fruit category, as well as fresh grapes in the fresh fruit category in terms of export earnings. For 2017-2019
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the export volumes of dried grapes from the country ranged from 69 thousand to 78 thousand tons per year, amounting from $ 59 million to $ 105 million.In the past, 2020, the export of raisins decreased to 42 thousand tons, and the revenue fell to $ 55 million. Why did the export of Uzbek raisins decrease in 2020? What factors affect the quality of raisins and how exactly is it produced in Uzbekistan? Zokir Bobokulov, a farmer from the Samarkand region with thirty years of experience in viticulture and raisin production, and a higher agricultural education, spoke in detail about this and other important features of drying grapes and the raisin market of Uzbekistan in an interview with EastFruit specialists. - What grape varieties are used for the production of raisins? - In general, raisins can be made from both stone fruit and seedless grape varieties. Now it is produced mainly from the seedless grape variety "Kish-mish". At the same time, the so-called “black raisins” produced ...
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