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Conditions for increasing the export of agricultural products in
our country in the context of a pandemic
Khojiakbar FAYZULLAEV1 Umidjon DADABAEV2
Tashkent State University of Economics
ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT
Article history: This article examines the sectors of the economy of countries
Received January 2021 during the pandemic, as well as the issues of growing and
Received in revised form exporting agricultural products. The article examines the
15 January 2021 processes of production of vegetables and fruits in the
Accepted 20 February 2021
agricultural sector, their processing and high-quality supply of
Available online
7 March 2021 the population and export. In this article, the authors emphasize
the importance of reforms and measures taken in our country
Keywords: not only to save the economy in the event of a pandemic, but also
Agri-food, food chains to protect our greatest wealth from threats, to ensure their
Livestock dignified life and long-term development.
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food trade
Ўзбекистоннинг пандемия шароитида кишлоқ хўжалик
маҳсулотлари экспортини ошириш
АННОТАЦИЯ
Калит сўзлар: Ушбу мақолада пандемия даврида мамлакатларнинг
Қишлоқ хўжалиги иқтисодий соҳалари, шунингдек қишлоқ хўжалиги
маҳсулотлари
Озиқ-овқат занжири
маҳсулотларини етиштириш ва экспорт қилиш масалалари
Озиқ-овқат учун ўрганилди. Мақолада қишлоқ хўжалиги соҳасидаги мева-
қўлланиладиган соф солиқ савзовот маҳсулотлари ишлаб чиқариш, уларни қайта
Қишлоқ аҳолиси ишлаб аҳолига ҳамда экспортга сифатли етказиб бериш
Пандемия жараёнлари ўрганилди. Ушбу мақолада муаллифлар
Европа Иттифоқи билан
асосий қишлоқ хўжалиги
мамлакатимизда амалга оширилаётган ислоҳотлар ва
маҳсулотлари рейтинги кўрилаётган чора-тадбирлар фақатгина пандемия
шароитида иқтисодиётни сақлаб қолишга қаратилиб
1 Senior teacher, Tashkent State University of Economics, "Department of World Economy", Tashkent, Uzbekistan
E-mail: barfayz702@gmail.com
2 Senior teacher, Tashkent State University of Economics, "Department of World Economy", Tashkent, Uzbekistan
E-mail: bumid_ier@mail.ru
Жамият ва инновациялар – Общество и инновации – Society and innovations
Special Issue – 2 (2021) / ISSN 2181-1415
қолмасдан, энг катта бойлигимиз - аҳолини хавф-
хатарлардан ҳимоя қилиш, уларнинг муносиб турмушини
таъминлаш ва узоқ истиқболда ривожланишга қаратилгани
билан ҳам аҳамияти кўрсатиб ўтилди.
Условия увеличения экспорта сельхоз продукции в
нашей стране в условиях пандемии
АННОТАЦИЯ
Ключевые слова: Ушбу мақолада пандемия даврида мамлакатларнинг
Агропродовольственные иқтисодий соҳалари, шунингдек қишлоқ хўжалиги
товары
Пищевые цепи
маҳсулотларини етиштириш ва экспорт қилиш масалалари
Чистые налоги на ўрганилди. Мақолада қишлоқ хўжалиги соҳасидаги мева-
продукты савзовот маҳсулотлари ишлаб чиқариш, уларни қайта
Сельское население ишлаб аҳолига ҳамда экспортга сифатли етказиб бериш
Пандемия жараёнлари ўрганилди. Ушбу мақолада муаллифлар
Рейтинг основной
торговли
мамлакатимизда амалга оширилаётган ислоҳотлар ва
агропродовольственными кўрилаётган чора-тадбирлар фақатгина пандемия
товарами ЕС шароитида иқтисодиётни сақлаб қолишга қаратилиб
қолмасдан, энг катта бойлигимиз - аҳолини хавф-
хатарлардан ҳимоя қилиш, уларнинг муносиб турмушини
таъминлаш ва узоқ истиқболда ривожланишга қаратилгани
билан ҳам аҳамияти кўрсатиб ўтилди.
INTRODUCTION
In recent years, serious attention is being paid to increase the national income of the
population by the government of Uzbekistan. Especially, many decrees and resolutions of
the President and the government orders about preventing pandemic’s negative impact on
the agricultural sector were adopted in 2020.[1] In fact, Uzbekistan is considered as a
double-landlocked country and this is the main issue of selling national products to abroad.
As a result, the amount of transportation costs for the delivery of these products to foreign
countries increases.
Another main challenge facing agri-food producers today is eliminating the issue of
rapid export of our agricultural products to foreign markets, as soon as possible, to solve
a number of paperwork and barriers.
It is fact that the pandemic has led to food shortages in many developed countries
around the world. The pandemic has led to a significant rise in food prices in local markets.
Also, due to the panic among the population, the prices of the most important daily food
products have risen sharply. Nowadays, a systematic program has been developed to
address a number of this kind of similar problems, in our country. The government has to
implement these tasks as a supervisor and a guardian, entrepreneurs as an executor.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Due to the sharp increase in demand for agricultural products in the world economy,
the world's agricultural developed countries have an opportunity to supply and increase
the volume of food and agricultural products on the world market. Many countries around
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the world had already begun to build up their reserves, given the level of preparedness for
the second wave of the pandemic, which could lead to shortages of certain types of food.
The main attention of the government in the development of foreign trade in recent
years is to further increase the volume of agricultural production and further enhance the
image of Uzbekistan in world agriculture. Increasing the number of large refrigerated
warehouses needed for storage and logistics of our products, which are grown in the
agricultural sector and rapidly lose their quality and deteriorate. So, this is one of the main
factors the development of this sector will have a positive impact on the development of
our agricultural sector.
According to the data of The State Committee of The Republic of Uzbekistan on
statistics, last year only 15% of Uzbekistan's more than 20 million tons of fruits and
vegetables were processed and only 7-8% were exported. This year, it is planned to
increase fruit and vegetable production in the country to at least 30 million tons. As if
Uzbekistan exports the surplus agricultural products of its people at the level of
international demand, it can earn billions of dollars a year [5].
Fig 1: Uzbekistan GDP by sectors in 2018 Source: www.kun.uz
Due to the growing demand for agricultural products in the world agricultural
market, as well as the further development of the agricultural sector, which is one of the
main sources of income of our national economy, is one of the main tasks of our
government. In exporting our national agricultural products to developed countries such
as Western Europe, China, Japan, South Korea and other countries, it is necessary to
develop foreign marketing to work with large supermarket chains that pay special
attention to product quality and origin. Given the pie-chart above shows Uzbekistan gross.
domestic product by sectors in 2018. In the current economic crisis caused by the
coronavirus pandemic, it is necessary to take reasonable measures to prevent its negative
impact on the agricultural sector. It is necessary to reduce the regulatory role of the state
in the agricultural sector of the national economy, including the introduction of market
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mechanisms, its further diversification and modernization, as well as, to continue work on
attracting both, local and foreign direct and indirect investments.
In developed countries, the demand for agricultural products has increased by twice
or three times. For example, one of the most developed countries in the world, the United
Kingdom, has never had such a major demand in food and agricultural products in its
economic history. From the first days of the pandemic, the local population was shocked
by the shortage of food and agricultural products. The situation reached such a point that
the issue of “food” became the first topical issue before the British government, as the
shelves of shops in all major British cities were empty. Local people rushed to buy at least
a “3-month supply of food” in stores due to “panic”. Even during the second World War,
there was not so much "crisis" in Britain. Although the United Kingdom has asked for help
in importing food from neighbouring European Union countries on the food issue,
sufficient food stocks for each of the European Union has been a major issue during this
period. Most importantly, each European Union country has tightly controlled the
transportation of excess food from its territory. That’s why, the British government has
formally asked South Africa, Egypt and India to increase the amount of the products
consisted of fruit and vegetables consumed by the population and to deliver them faster.
Because the most important task was to get the United Kingdom out of the crisis and get
rid of the "panic", as soon as possible.[3]
During the COVID-19 pandemic a number of countries around the world have
imposed temporary restrictions on the export of some agricultural products. For example,
European Union countries have introduced a certain norm of export of some agricultural
products and a temporary restriction on the export of some products. The neighbouring
country -Republic of Kazakhstan has also introduced export quotas for wheat and flour
from the 1st April in 2020. Typically, export quotas lead to a decrease in imports of these
products to consumer countries. However, the negative impact of these restrictions will
certainly not be as impressive for agriculturally developed countries.[2]
Table 1. Ranking of EU main agri-food trade partners and Uzbekistan
%
Top
Value % Share TopOrigins: Value Share
№ Destinations: №
Mio € Extra-EU 2019 Mio € Extra-
2019
EU
United United
1 41 215 22.7 1 16 750 13.8
Kingdom Kingdom
2 USA 21 851 12.0 2 Brazil 10 760 8.8
3 China 14 491 8.0 3 USA 10 182 8.4
4 Switzerland 8 376 4.6 4 Ukraine 7 024 5.8
5 Japan 7 280 4.0 5 China 5 331 4.4
6 Russia 7 027 3.9 6 Switzerland 4 598 3.8
7 Norway 4 457 2.5 7 Argentina 4 365 3.6
8 Saudi Arabia 3 649 2.0 8 Turkey 4 197 3.5
9 Canada 3 549 2.0 9 Indonesia 3 882 3.2
10 Turkey 3 413 1.9 10 Ivory Coast 3 265 2.7
11 Australia 3 000 1.6 11 India 2 609 2.1
12 South Korea 2 969 1.6 12 Morocco 2 299 1.9
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13 Hong Kong 2 797 1.5 13 Peru 2 254 1.9
14 Algeria 2 493 1.4 14 Vietnam 2 161 1.8
15 Ukraine 2 455 1.4 15 Canada 2 044 1.7
United Arab
16 2 387 1.3 16 South Africa 2 002 1.6
Emirates
17 Israel 2 014 1.1 17
Colombia 1 934 1.6
18 Singapore 1 943 1.1 18
Chile 1 928 1.6
19 Egypt 1 879 1.0 19
Malaysia 1 766 1.5
20 Brazil 1 799 1.0 20
Thailand 1 616 1.3
89 Uzbekistan 163 0.1 95
Uzbekistan 39 0.0
Rest of the Rest of the
42 783 22.4 30 677 24.2
World World
Source: AGRI-FOOD TRADE STATISTICAL FACTSHEET
European Union – Uzbekistan, 2020.
From the table showed above, Uzbekistan has to improve It’s agri-food export value
with EU countries. Russia and Kazakhstan have been the main importers of Uzbek
agricultural products for many years. Therefore, it is desirable to build new markets, trade
and logistics centers in the remote regions and territories of Russia, which has a huge
territory and a population of about 150 million people.[4]
Fig. 2. Top European union Agri-food exports to Uzbekistan in 2019[7]
Source: Agri-Food Trade Statistical Factsheet, European Union – Uzbekistan, 2020.
The two pie-charts above describes EU and Uzbekistan export-import structure in
2019. As well as the need to further develop the exchange of agricultural products between
European Union and Uzbekistan. Especially, Uzbekistan has to diversify structure of export
products and increase the value of turnover.
The World Bank provided Uzbekistan with $ 500 million for the implementation of
a project to modernize agriculture. The project will be financed with funds from the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International
Development Association in the amount of $ 276 million and $ 224 million, respectively.[3]
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RESULTS
In the video conference dedicated to the agricultural sector under the leadership of
the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh. Mirziyoyev on September 21, 2020 with
the participation of heads of ministries and departments, the head of the government
ordered to increase agricultural exports to $ 3 billion cooperation with the Baltic States,
Ukraine, Georgia and Eastern Europe. It is mentioned that systematic work will be
organized in the delivery of products to new markets.
On October 20, 2018, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution “On measures to
implement national goals and objectives in the field of sustainable development until 2030”.
The resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On additional
measures to ensure food security, rational use of available resources, state support of
agriculture during the coronavirus pandemic”:
- introduction of decommissioned lands with available groundwater reserves,
introduction of the following procedure for their allocation to the population on
preferential terms for the cultivation of agricultural products;
- sell the agricultural lands to the people, first of all who needs to social protection,
maximum 1 hectare only for agriculture, as an exception, for 10 years for rent or in pre-
payment condition to private business entities for 5 hectares for 10 years by e-auction way;
- based on the rent agreement between the initiator and the governors on the
allocation of these lands, the decision of the district governor is made, which provides for
the use of water-saving technologies and priority planting of vegetables, melons, potatoes,
legumes and oilseeds, orchards and vineyards.
DISCUSSION
Moreover, in the decree of The President of The Republic of Uzbekistan, № PQ-4575
about the strategies of the development of agriculture of The Republic of Uzbekistan for
2020-2030, in 2020 some orders, in food security system, are going to be implemented.
Such as, “Development and implementation of state policy on food security” sphere, from
October 2020, a system of interventional procurement will be gradually introduced in
order to provide the population with uninterrupted supply of grain products and prevent
sharp price fluctuations.[6]
The gradual reduction of state order volumes for grain from the 2021 harvest,
including the introduction of market mechanisms that ensure free competition in the
purchase and sale of grain.
The execution of such measures will lead to a growth in the incomes of local farmers
and agri-enterprisers by increasing their production efficiency and expanding their export
potential. To achieve these goals, it is important to expand financial and technical
assistance as a result of economic cooperation between our country and international
financial companies. In particular, the financial support of the World Bank and the Asian
Development Bank is very important for the development of our national economy.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, the state and international organizations provide a lot of support to
entrepreneurs engaged in the export of agricultural products and the population engaged
in this field in our country. This can be learned from the ideas discussed above.
Entrepreneurs, who produce agricultural products, have been provided with many
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benefits by the resolutions of the President and local authorities, especially in the context
of a pandemic. In such a difficult situation, the works being done to ensure food security is
much commendable in our country. Only if the planned works were done in a timely
manner, the negative impact of the pandemic on the economy would be reduced.
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