Tashkent, April 30 -- As pandemic is far from over, the world market is seeing a decline in prices for oil, cotton, gas, electricity, while prices for food products are growing. Many countries have imposed restrictions on the export of flour, wheat, rice, butter, potatoes and other products.

These issues require a timely response from the governments, as economic consequences of the pandemic will be much worse than the virus itself. With this in mind, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev instructed to increase the procurement volume and to properly organize strategic reserves.

According to Mirziyoyev, in order to ensure food security, it is very important to expand the procurement of products that are not produced in sufficient qu...