In two weeks, wholesale prices for potatoes in Uzbekistan increased by 13%

Published 2022년 12월 9일

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The average wholesale price for potatoes in Uzbekistan has increased by 12.5% in the past two weeks, reaching its highest value since July at 4,500 sum/kg ($0.40). Despite this increase, prices are still 10% lower than last year. Uzbekistan produced 2,649.0 thousand tons of potatoes from January to September 2022, a 6.6% increase from the same period last year. Imports of marketable potatoes also increased by 2.8% to 328.7 thousand tons during the same period. Uzbekistan is expected to import approximately 123-125 thousand tons of marketable potatoes in October and November 2022, with a zero VAT regime for imports and sales of potatoes remaining in place until the end of the year.

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Over the past two weeks, the average wholesale price for potatoes in Uzbekistan has increased by 12.5%, reaching its maximum value since the beginning of July this year. However, current wholesale prices are 10% lower than last year's levels, EastFruit experts note. From mid-July to the end of November of this year, the average wholesale prices for potatoes in Uzbekistan were stable and remained at the level of 4,000 sum/kg, except for a short period in the second half of August. But at the end of November - the first decade of December, there was an increase in prices for this product. According to EastFruit price monitoring, from November 25 to December 9, 2022, the average wholesale price for potatoes in Uzbekistan increased from 4,000 to 4,500 sum/kg ($0.36 to 0.40). Read also: Fruit and vegetable inflation in Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan for 2022 At the same time, current wholesale prices remain below last year's levels. For comparison, as of December ...

Source: Eastfruit