According to the relevant Decrees of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (PF-145, PF-41), until January 1, 2024, a total of 59 types of basic consumer goods are subject to a zero rate of customs duties.

As a result, in January-August of this year, the general inflation level decreased from 7% to 3.8% last year, and food inflation decreased from 8.5% to 3.7%.

Also, in order to ensure food safety, large-scale work is being carried out on the cultivation of agricultural products based on the principle of "One region - one product". In this case, low-yielding cotton and grain areas are reduced and allocated to the population for growing fruits and vegetables.

In 2022-2023, a total of 184,000 hectares of land will be allocated to 668,000 citizens, and it is expected that an additional 2.6 million tons of products will be grown from these areas this year.

According to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 627, business entities are allocated preferential credit resources at an annual rate of 4% for the import of vegetable oil, potatoes, meat (cattle, sheep, poultry), frozen fish.

As a result, a total of 102.8 thousand tons of basic food products, in particular, 109.5 thousand tons of potatoes, 9.2 thousand tons of vegetable oil, 3.9 thousand tons of beef, 350 tons poultry meat was imported.

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