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The volumes of agricultural, forestry and fishery production increased by 6.6% in Uzbekistan last year.
“The share of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the structure of gross value added in the republic has reached 17.6%. In January-December 2016, Uzbekistan produced 8.26 million tons of cereals, which is 87,200 tons or 1.1% more YOY,” reported the State Statistics Committee.
Potato production amounted to 2.95 million tons (up 9.7%), vegetables - 11.2 million tons (11.3%), melons - more than 2 million tons (10.4%), fruits and berries - 3 million tons (10.8%), 1.7 million tons of grapes (9.9%).
Consistent measures on further strengthening the capacity of the livestock industry, as well as a system-based state support have contributed to the growth of livestock and saturation of the domestic consumer market of with livestock products.
In 2016, all categories of farms of the republic produced 2.1 million tons of meat (6.8% growth), 9.7 million tons of milk (7.5%), and 6.1 billion eggs (10.6% growth).
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