Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Finance in Uzbekistan: Challenges and Opportunities

Figure 25: Value of Exports of Horticulture Produce Nationwide
($ billion) 
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and State Committee of Statistics.
Main players of the horticulture chain include growers, market consolidators or brokers, 
wholesalers or traders, exporters, processing companies, supermarket chains, retail 
markets, transportation enterprises, market administration, and others. 
Growers include: (i) a large group of rural smallholding households (dehkans);
(ii) private (or commercial) farms; and (iii) agricultural enterprises (agrofirms). Dehkan 
farms, according to the State Statistics Committee, account for more than 90% of 
horticulture production while occupying 65% of total sown area under vegetables 
(excluding melons), 43% under melons, and 20% under fruit crops (including grapes). 
Brokers or consolidators: They are responsible for properly harvesting, sorting, grading, 
and packing as per customers’ demand.
Wholesalers: Local wholesale markets, specialized trading companies wholesale 
logistics centers to collect and transport products to the chain supermarkets in
the cities. 
Exporters: National and private enterprises. 
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Processing companies: Horticulture products processing companies, specialized in 
either extracting, drying, caning, and processing. 
Supermarket chains: Food supermarket enterprises and large retail networks (Korzinka, 
Makro, etc.)
Transportation: Large to single-owner transportation enterprises are involved in the 
transportation of horticulture products from sites of production to processing centers, 
wholesale markets, and then to retail distribution and export terminals.
Table 12 presents the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) 
analysis of the horticulture value chain based on survey of value chain players.