Uzbekistan has increased date imports ten-fold
There has been a sharp increase in imports of palm dates to Uzbekistan in the recent years. From 2017 to 2022 Uzbekistan increased date imports from 825 tons to 8.7 thousand tons, i.e. more than 10 times Considering that this product is not produced in Uzbekistan, its re-exports are negligible – all imports represent the volume of consumption.
According to EastFruit analysts,

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