Over 3.5 million tons of cotton have been harvested in Uzbekistan. More than 90% of the harvest is cotton of the highest grade.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov congratulated the country’s farmers with fulfilling their contracts with the state.

“This year’s agricultural season was not easy. The vagaries of spring weather, drought and shortages of water, as well as hot summer threatened the future of the crop,” the head of the state said.

“Temperatures above average annual norm in July and August, when the cotton enters the stage of active development and accumulation of the crop, invasion of various pests and increased incidence of plant diseases caused many problems.

“However, we all know well, despite these hardships and thanks to tireless work and persistence of our farmers, who have seen a lot in their life, who treated literally every cotton bush with special care and love, the yield was high,” Islam Karimov noted.

The President expressed deep gratitude to “hundreds of farms who achieved previously unseen success thanks to their tireless work”.

Speaking about the season’s results, the head of the state highlighted the growth of the income of the farms this year compared to the previous year, UzA informs.

“According to preliminary calculations, gross income is expected to exceed UZS 2.4 trillion, which is 25% more than last year,” Islam Karimov said.

This will undoubtedly create huge opportunities for further improvement of the villages and the whole country, construction of new schools, lyceums and colleges, modern medical establishments, children’s sports objects, social infrastructure and rural housing, or, in short, for the further growth of the prosperity of the country and its people, the President emphasized.

The demand for the Uzbek cotton on the world market is increasing, he continued. This can be proved by the fact that the recent International Uzbek Cotton and Textile Fair resulted in contracts for sale of 650,000 tons of Uzbek cotton fiber with large foreign companies.