Uzbekistan 2021: The final analysis of prices, production, and exports of fruits, nuts, grape

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Uzbekistan

Published Dec 31, 2021

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The EastFruit team recognized incredible weather disasters as the main event in the fruit and vegetable business of Uzbekistan in 2021. A detailed description of the top 10 events can be found here: part 1, part 2. In the same article, we will give a detailed and detailed analysis of how frosts affected the prices of fruits, nuts and vegetables in Uzbekistan in 2021, as well as the export of fruits and nuts from the country.

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In the review, you will find an analysis of the situation for the following fruits and nuts: apricot, apple, pear, cherry, peach, nectarine, plum, persimmon, almond, walnut, pistachio and, of course, table grapes. So, due to frosts, the production volumes of many key fruits for Uzbekistan, especially in the segment of early varieties, have sharply decreased due to frost. Their prices in 2021 were also high, which negatively affected both the volume of exports and the volume of domestic consumption. As predicted by EastFruit analysts, the apricot crop suffered the most from frosts. During the mass harvest season in 2021, the average wholesale prices for apricots increased 6-7 times and ranged from 13,000 to 40,000 soums / kg (from $ 1.2 to $ 3.8 per kg), while in the same period 2019-2020 average wholesale prices ranged from 2000 to 6000 soums / kg (from $ 0.2 to $ 0.6). With such prices and volumes available for export, accordingly, the volume of shipments of apricot to foreign ...

Source: Eastfruit