Assessment of the

3.5 PARTICIPATION OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN INVESTMENTS FOR ALCS 
The establishment of ALCs via a public – private sector partnership (shareholder) could enhance 
ownership, confidence and commitment in the use of the ALCs infrastructure and services. During the 
visit, WFLO observed private sector development and capacity, meeting with corporations, shareholding 
companies, exporters, and private companies who own capital intensive and high-capacity infrastructure 
including warehouses, transport companies, processing companies, and cold storage facilities that could 
participate as partners with the ALCs. The participation of cooperatives and unions as shareholders to 
ALCs should also be encouraged. To effectively and efficiently utilize the ALC infrastructure and to provide 
credible and reputable services, well-defined and streamlined participatory management structures, 
responsibilities, authorities, activities, and market outlets would be required to build and enhance 
confidence and the participation of the private sector investment.
3.6 EXISTING PROVIDERS 
Discussions with GoU representatives uncovered the need for the GoU to “inventory” the agri-logistics 
infrastructure in the country. This inventory is reportedly being undertaken at this time. The data should 
be analyzed in a follow-on assessment.
The WFLO team visited over 15 facilities during the field assessment. A summary of those facility visits 
(including details on facility size, operations, challenges and comments on the proposed ALC initiative) can 
be found in Annex.

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3.7 COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
In Samarkand, AgroMir Logistics LLC may be considered the primary competition, though they are 
designed to be fully vertical. However, if their assets are underutilized, it is in their best interest to 
purchase from local farmers thus mitigating the demand on the ALC in the region. This same concern is 
valid for the Gold Dried Food (GDF) company in Tashkent.