Uzbek government approves new procedure for exporting fruits and vegetables

In Uzbekistan, in accordance with the government decree, a regulation on the export of fruits and vegetables was approved, the Ministry of Justice reports.

Entrepreneurs now have the right to export fruit and vegetable products without a license for wholesale trade, a taxation procedure is applied to their revenue, which provides for the imbursement of a single tax payment.

The export of fruits and vegetables can be carried out without prior payment, opening a letter of credit, issuing a bank guarantee, as well as having an insurance policy for an export contract.

Tax exemptions on the income of individuals when exporters purchase fruit and vegetable products from individuals for its further export are applied without providing documents, confirming the production of these products on the land plots of these persons or their family members.

When a natural loss of production in transport is detected, businessmen report this to the Single Electronic Information System for Foreign Trade Operations.

In case of natural loss, the amount of loss is not taken into account as receivables.

Entrepreneurs having arrears for export contracts entered into the Single electronic information system of foreign trade operations are automatically entered into the register of dishonest exporters.

Further export of dishonest exporters can be carried out only with a 100% prepayment.