What is the secret of Uzbekistan’s watermelon records?

Published Sep 20, 2023

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Uzbekistan has achieved record-breaking exports of fresh watermelon for the second consecutive year. The increase in exports was mainly due to an earlier start to the season and increased shipment volumes in the first month. Farmers in the Kashkadarya region have been relying on greenhouse technologies and growing early varieties of watermelon to ensure affordable volumes for export and enter foreign markets earlier.

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EastFruit experts have repeatedly drawn attention to Uzbekistan’s increase in the volume of exports of fresh watermelon in the past and this season. At the end of 2022, the country exported 81.8 thousand tons of watermelon, which became a historical record. But this year, Uzbekistan updated this record - in May-August 2023, almost 96 thousand tons of Uzbek watermelon were shipped to foreign markets, i.e. 17% more than the previous record. In addition to the high harvest and low prices for these products, what factors allowed Uzbek producers and exporters to achieve record results for the second year in a row? A sharp expansion of the geography of Uzbek watermelon exports? In 2022, fresh watermelon from Uzbekistan was supplied to the markets of only 9 countries, with 99.6% of the total export volume accounting for the total share of 6 countries - Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Belarus and Latvia. Note that in 2019-2021. Uzbek watermelon was also supplied to the markets ...

Source: Eastfruit