"Loading" in full: Uzbekistan will buy cotton from the USA

Uzbekistan, which is one of the world's largest cotton producers, will buy cotton from The United States. This is reported by the portal upl.uz . In addition, the Central Asian republic will import soybeans from the United States.

According to the newspaper, on November 6, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with US Secretary of Commerce Howard Latnik in Washington, during which "important agreements were reached." As a result of the negotiations, the first contracts were signed, including an agreement between Uzsanoatexport Joint Stock company and Cargill Transnational Corporation, which will supply cotton.

In the Uzbek media, this is presented as part of a "broader strategy to strengthen the country's position in the world's premium textile markets." According to the agreements, over the next three years Uzbekistan will buy from The United States has 100 thousand tons of cotton and 2 million tons of soybeans.

Uzbekistan itself is one of the world's largest cotton producers, occupying the 6th position.

As previously reported, during the past November 6 in Uzbekistan, which is in need of investments, pledged to purchase $35 billion worth of American products and invest another $100 billion in the American economy in the next 10 years at the US—Central Asia summit.

Donald Trump called it an "incredible deal."