From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed Aug 02 2000 - 11:57:02 EDT
UZBEKISTAN HARVESTS 3.08 MLN TONNES OF GRAIN
TASHKENT. Aug 2 (Interfax) - Uzbekistan harvested 3,076,900 tonnes
of grain in the 2000 grain harvest, instead of the target 4.1 million
tonnes, the agriculture ministry told Interfax.
The gross harvest in 1999 totaled 3.89 mt.
A total of 2.18 million tonnes of the grain has been purchased for
state resources.
Uzbekistan requires 287,200 tonnes of seed for the 2001 harvest,
but currently has just 220,800 tonnes.
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