WorldFood Uzbekistan 2013

WorldFood Uzbekistan is the country’s largest food exhibition and an ideal professional meeting place for the 5,000 industry figures who visit every year: suppliers, producers, traders, and big names in the domestic and international food industry.

THE FOOD INDUSTRY IN UZBEKISTAN: A BRIEF SUMMARY

Uzbekistan boasts one of Central Asia’s fastest-growing economies, and the country’s food industry is on the cusp of a new era of development. Last year, the Programme of Measures to Expand and Develop the Food Industry in Uzbekistan in 2012-2015 was confirmed, outlining the future direction of the industry. Within the Programme, output of key food products is set to increase in the years up to 2015.

The Programme calls for an increase in the production of 16 types of finished food products, and to this end €74.8m will be spent in the next five years on 33 construction, refitting, and modernisation projects in the country’s production facilities. During this period, the production of convenience foods using freeze dried fruits and vegetables will be launched, along with a confectionery factory with cocoa bean processing facilities. In addition, dry baking yeast, iodised salt, and cane sugar will all enter into production in this period.

Other plans for the next four years include the construction of 44 milk processing facilities, the construction or refitting of 90 meat processing factories, and finally, with a planned combined capacity of 41 000 tonnes, the creation of 26 and redevelopment of 78 fruit and vegetable processing facilities.

The food and food processing industries both have huge potential, and every year, their latest developments and achievements are showcased at WorldFood Uzbekistan.