Meat imported from India to Uzbekistan is prepared based on a halal certificate

Meat products imported from India to Uzbekistan are prepared on the basis of a halal certificate.

Uzbekistan plans to increase meat imports from India, as well as to establish joint ventures for meat production and processing in this country. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture, Ibrohim Abdurakhmonov.

According to the minister, cooperation between Uzbekistan and India in agriculture, in particular in the livestock and food sectors, has expanded significantly in recent years. Work is being actively carried out to import relatively cheap meat products from India to Uzbekistan. Joint ventures have been established in this direction, and major plans are being developed with the Indian company Alana for the coming years.

Abdurakhmonov noted that halal and product safety will be one of the main requirements for meat imports. He said that agreements have been reached on the participation of Uzbek specialists in the meat preparation and slaughtering processes in India, as well as on the provision of relevant international and halal certificates.

“It is planned that our food enterprises will prepare the meat there and then export it,” the minister said.

Special attention is also being paid to the logistics of delivering meat to Uzbekistan. The minister said that work is underway to establish a trilateral logistics route between India, Turkey and Uzbekistan through the port of Mersin in Turkey.

The minister noted that agricultural trade between Uzbekistan and India has also increased significantly. He said that in recent years, trade turnover has more than tripled. While meat products are imported from India, Uzbekistan has permits for the export of more than 30 types of products to this country, including phytosanitary permits and licenses.

In addition, cooperation is also being developed with India in seed production and the introduction of new agricultural crops. Salt-tolerant cotton varieties are being tested on 12 thousand hectares in Khorezm. New seeds for vegetable and fodder crops are also being imported to Uzbekistan.

As part of the diversification of agriculture, experiments are also being conducted on sowing cumin between cotton rows. For this purpose, more than 10 tons of cumin seeds were imported from India and tested throughout the republic.

A new area of cooperation is also being developed with India in jute cultivation. It was reported that jute is currently grown on about 2 thousand hectares, and in the coming years it is planned to increase the area of this crop to at least 50 thousand hectares.

Abdurakhmanov noted that the need for natural fibers is high, and Uzbekistan imports such products worth about $ 30 million per year. India has extensive experience in jute cultivation, and this crop is grown in the country on about 1 million hectares.

We would like to remind you that at the end of the high-level negotiations held on August 30 at the Koksaroy residence, a signing ceremony was held with the participation of Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi aimed at further expanding bilateral cooperation.