Last year, Kyrgyzstan boosted its potato exports to Uzbekistan.

In 2024, Kyrgyzstan exported 100,000 tons of potatoes to Uzbekistan. This information was shared during a meeting of the committee of the Jogorku Kenesh by Janibek Kerimaliev, the First Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Food Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic.

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According to him, the potato export volume to Uzbekistan was only 30,000 tons a year ago.

Recently, a sharp increase in potato prices was recorded in Uzbekistan. The main reason for the rise in prices was the harvest shortage. In 2024, only 1 million tons of potatoes were harvested from the re-planted areas, which covers just 44% of the required volume of 1.7 million tons, explained the Ministry of Agriculture.

At that time, the ministry stated that price stabilization is expected in February-March, and with the arrival of the new harvest in April-May, prices will start to decrease. For this, it is planned to plant potatoes on 122,000 hectares in 2025.

It is worth noting that by 2027, Uzbekistan aims to achieve complete self-sufficiency in potatoes. To this end, 400 billion sums from the Agricultural Fund will be allocated for the development of potato farming this year.

Earlier, Kun.uz reported that thousands of tons of potatoes rotted at the border without reaching Uzbekistan.