Poland’s observations and proposals

Deputy Minister Rafał Romanowski stressed that we were interested in the continuation of intensive cooperation in the agricultural sector with our Uzbekistani partners, in the scope of both trade and scientific research relations.

The Secretary of State at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development assured Ambassador Bakhrom Babayev that Poland was open to sharing its experiences related to the path of the development and modernisation of Polish agriculture. He also said that the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Area of Agriculture now being negotiated might be an impulse to boost Polish-Uzbekistani agricultural cooperation.

Deputy Minister Rafał Romanowski pointed out that the value of the mutual trade turnover in agri-food products between Poland and Uzbekistan did not reflect the potential of our countries. He added that it was necessary to eliminate the barriers hampering the growth of the turnover. In this context, he expressed his hopes for wider access to the Uzbekistani market for pork meat and pork products from Poland. He recalled Poland’s expectation that all the enterprises notified by the Polish veterinary inspection would be included in the register of plants authorised to export to the Uzbekistani market.

Uzbekistan’s observations

Ambassador Bakhrom Babayev spoke with appreciation about the achievements of the Polish agri-food sector. He informed that Uzbekistan would be interested in acquiring from Poland advanced technologies for agricultural production and agri-food processing and in becoming acquainted with the solutions which had been implemented over the recent years as part of the modernisation of Polish agriculture.

The Ambassador also submitted to Deputy Minister Rafał Romanowski an invitation to Uzbekistan to attend the opening meeting of the Polish-Uzbekistani Working Group on Cooperation in Agriculture.

Referring to the issue of the barriers hampering access to the market, he informed that the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Area of Agriculture and the meeting as part of the Working Group might provide an impulse to intensify contacts between the relevant services and to overcome the existing difficulties.

Polish agricultural exports to Uzbekistan

In the period from January – September 2022, the value of the agricultural exports to Uzbekistan was about EUR 25.6 million (growing by about 24% compared with the analogous period of 2021).

Polish exported to Uzbekistan primarily poultry meat and edible offal, animal feed products, starch, inulin, processed and preserved (frozen) vegetables, malt extract, processed flour products and apples.