In January-July 2022, Uzbekistan exported 16.9 thousand tons of apples worth US$ 6.6 million to 7 countries. According to the State Statistics Committee, apple exports increased by 8.3 thousand tons compared to the corresponding period of 2021.

As reported earlier, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a state visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on August 17-18.

Russia would not want 100 planes and helicopters, on which the Afghan military fled to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan last year, ended up in Ukraine, Zamir Kabulov, special representative of the Russian president for Afghanistan, told RIA Novosti.

On August 15, the competitions Master Gunsmith, Safe Environment and Field Kitchen, which are hosted by Uzbekistan as part of the VIII International Army Games “ArMI-2022”, started at the Forish mountain training ground in Jizzakh province on August 15, the press service of the Ministry of Defense said.

Prime Minister of Bashkortostan Andrey Nazarov said that he was currently in Uzbekistan. According to him, in Uzbekistan one can not only relax, but also work.

On August 15, Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over the telephone, the Uzbek presidency website said.

The State Statistics Committee announced from which countries Uzbekistan imports cars. Reportedly, in January-July this year, Uzbekistan imported cars from 25 countries.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated the President of India Draupadi Murma and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the 75th anniversary of the independence of India. This was announced by press secretary Sherzod Asadov.

The implementation of a new regional project in the field of climate change has begun in cooperation with the State Ecology Committee and the German Society for International Cooperation.

Tashkent and Brussels are preparing for future joint events in the European Union-Central Asia format in Samarkand in November, Dunyo reported.

Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched an initiative which will integrate socially vulnerable women and women with disabilities into Uzbekistan’s digital economy.

The Republican Center for Hydrometeorology announced the expected weather forecast in Tashkent city for Tuesday, August 16. The weather in the Tashkent city will be slightly cloudy, with no precipitation expected. The wind blows from the east at 3-8 m/s. The temperature will be 22-24 degrees at night and 37-39 degrees during the day.

A new rail freight route from China's eastern province of Jiangsu through Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan began operating over the weekend.

The meeting of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev with business leaders in the format of an open dialogue will take place not on August 20, but on Monday, August 22. This was announced at a briefing on Monday by the president’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and will pay a state visit to Saudi Arabia on August 17-18.

Today, August 12, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit the city of Bekabad, Tashkent province, the president’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

198,957 refrigerators worth 45.2 million US dollars were imported to Uzbekistan in January-June 2022. According to the State Statistics Committee, the import of refrigerators decreased by 1,798 compared to the corresponding period of 2021.

On August 11, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers handed over the suspect to Uzbekistan's Interpol officers at the Tashkent airport.

Currently, the prevalence of iodine deficiency in Uzbekistan is at 31 percent. The figure has decreased by more than 2.5 times in the last 20 years.

The Cabinet of Ministers publishes draft Approval of the national program for the development of seed and seedling cultivation in Uzbekistan in 2022-2026 Resolution.