Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 10
By Nigar Guliyeva – Trend:
Uzbekistan plans to launch a "green corridor" for export of agricultural products to the Baltic countries, Uzbek media reports.
This will significantly reduce the time of transportation of perishable goods to the Baltic coast, as well as costs for transport costs and customs clearance.
Furthermore, in the future, these products, for example, through the Latvian ports and transport hubs can be sent to the EU countries.
Currently, the country is also working out the issues of opening "green corridors" for fruits with neighboring countries - Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and also with Belarus.
This issue has been included in the draft state program for 2018 "Year of active entrepreneurship, innovative ideas and technologies".
Final proposals on this issue should be formed by the relevant ministries and departments until mid-2018.
Uzbekistan and Russia have already launched a "green corridor" for fruits and vegetables, providing for a simplified procedure for its customs clearance. This made it possible to increase the export of domestic agricultural products to Russia several times.
Now the country intends to increase the annual volume of deliveries of fruit and vegetable products to Russia to $1 billion.
