Uzbekistan exports first parties of wine, alcohol products to US

24/03/2015 | Economy

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzvinosanoat-holding in late 2014 and in March 2015 supplied trial parties of Uzbek wines and alcohol products to the United States, head of Department on modernization and introduction of advanced technologies of Uzvinosanoat-holding Adolat Vostrikova said on 23 March.

She said that small party of wine, cognac, vodka and other beverage products were sent to the US. Vostrikova said that the company is currently working on expanding exports of wine and alcohol products.

She recalled that wines, produced in Uzbekistan, were exported to Japan for the first time in 2014. At the same time, she noted that long geographic distance between Uzbekistan and markets of the US and Japan create some problems as transportation impacts to final prices of products.

Vostrikova said that Uzvinosanoat-holding exported products for about US$20 million in 2014. Main markets for wine and alcohol products of Uzbekistan are Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Georgia and others.

She underlined that current main goal of the company is to satisfy internal market with own products and expand exports.

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