Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug 27
By Fakhri Vakilov -Trend:
Following the decree of the President of Uzbekistan dated August 16, 2019 “On measures for the comprehensive development of the karakul (sheep) breeding industry”, 220 kilograms of thymus, which is unique raw material for the manufacture of rare medicines, will be produced in Uzbekistan in 2020, Trend reports citing Uzbek media
The Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Innovative Development, together with the Korakulchilik Association, have been instructed to take measures to increase the production of rare medicines based on karakul stock including Thymoptin injection, which restores the immune system, and Eritim medication, used in anemia, to 10 times.
According to official estimates, in 2021, 12 thymus producers from the Bukhara, Kashkadarya and Navoi regions will increase the production of valuable raw materials for medicine to 266 kilograms, and in 2022, to 316 kilograms.
The decree also provides for subsidies from the budget to exporters of karakulchi (skins of the unborn lamb) at the rate of 75,000 soums per skin. It is assumed that in 2020, 22,000 of such skins will be exported from Uzbekistan, in 2021 – 26,600, in 2022 – 31,600.
The forecast parameters for increasing the number of sheep of Karakul breed, the production of wool and karakul skins in 2019–2021 stipulate that the number of Karakul sheep in Uzbekistan will increase to more than 7.3 million by 2021. In 2018, according to official figures, this figure exceeded 5.8 million sheep.
The analysis shows that the main producers of karakul in the country are Bukhara, Kashkadarya and Navoi regions. Currently, 85 percent of the livestock of Karakul sheep in Uzbekistan is concentrated there.
As follows from the document, till 2021 Uzbekistan will increase wool production to 11,400 tons. In 2018, this figure amounted to 9,130 tons.
As for the Karakul skins, according to the official forecast, their production will increase by a quarter from 1 million pieces in 2018 to 1,256 million in 2021.
($1 = 9373.93 soums on August 27)
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