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Presidential Decree No. PP-4634 “On measures for large-scale introduction of market principles into production, purchase and sale of grain.”

Country/Territory
Uzbekistan
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Cereals/grains/rice Contract/agreement Transport/storage Internal trade Agricultural commodities Crops/grasses Planting material/seeds Certification Plant production
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Abstract

The President, for the purpose of abolition of producing cereals based on sate order, widespread introduction of market mechanisms in the procedure of purchase and sale thereof, creation of favorable conditions for agribusiness, aimed at increasing labor productivity and ensuring interest in agriculture, decrees to reduce by 25 percent beginning from 2020 harvest for each grain producer the amount of contract concluded under state purchases between farms, grain clusters and enterprises of the system of JSC "Uzdonmakhsulot". State Support Fund for Agriculture under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall purchase 2,265 thousand tons of grain (while maintaining the current procedure for extra payment of for seed grain) for the implementation of measures to ensure price stability for grain on the domestic market as part of government procurement. Starting from the 2020 harvest: (a) the practice of producing grain crops in accordance with the state order shall be gradually cancelled; grain purchased by the state for the implementation of measures for ensuring stability of prices for grain and grain products on domestic market, shall be stored in the storages facilities (containers) of all enterprises, regardless of forms of ownership that meet contractual grain storage requirements; (b) practice of fixing procurement grain prices by the state shall be cancelled; grain produced by farmers and other enterprises shall be sold to all consumers, including grain processing enterprises, grain-growing clusters and traders, through exchange trading or on the basis of direct contracts (futures, forward and others) at free prices; (c) fund based on futures and forward contracts or through exchange trading at a free price buys grain in the amount required to implement measures to ensure the stability of grain prices and bread products on the domestic market; (d) the system of supplying certified seeds shall be maintained in order to provide grain-producing farms with high-quality seed material, and in 2021 - 2023 the supply of seeds shall be gradually assigned to seed production clusters and elite seed farms in the structure of the Center for Development Seed-growing under the Ministry of Agriculture, and grain production clusters.

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