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Agriculture in Uzbekistan

  • Uzbekistan's agricultural sector ups by 6.8%

    UZBEKISTAN, 2015/08/05 Uzbekistan's gross output of agriculture increased by 6.8 % in the initial half of this year, compared to the same period last year. The figures were reported at a board conference of the Uzbekistan Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources held in Tashkent last week. Shukhrat Teshaev, Uzbekistan Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources noted the increase rate of industrial production amounted to 149.0 %, while the increase rate of consumer goods grew by 6.5 %. The country's export of goods was 121.5 % of estimate figures, Teshaev mentioned at the conference.
  • Uzbek Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade Elyor Ganiev

    UZBEKISTAN, 2014/10/17 Uzbekistan concluded contracts to export 580,000 metric tons of cotton fiber and textile goods worth over $1 billion, Uzbek Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade Elyor Ganiev said. He made the remarks at the closing of the International Uzbek Cotton equitable in Tashkent, where the contracts were signed. The major volumes of cotton fiber will be sold to China, Singapore, Russia, South Korea, India, Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates. Over 1,000 cotton business representatives from 42 world's nations attended the equitable.
  • Uzbekistan seeks to ensure full self-sufficiency in sugar

    UZBEKISTAN, 2014/10/13 Angren Shakar LLC has completed the construction of a sugar plant in the Tashkent province of Uzbekistan, the company representative told Trend. The cost of the project stood at $108.45 million. A trial batch of products has by presently been produced at the plant and the act of the working committee has been signed. "It is expected to sign the act of the national commission in coming days. The plant will start working at the designed capacity (1,000 metric tons of sugar per day) by late 2014," the source said.