The main directions of the development of trade in agricultural products in Uzbekistan. Abdulazizov Shukhrat Abdulazizovich, PhD student in RIAE (Research Institute of Agricultural Economics) at TSAU (Tashkent State Agrarian University). Uzbekistan. Isroiljon Khakimdzhanov. Consultant at the“NBT”Ltd, Uzbekistan. Agricultural Transitions along the Silk Road: Restructuring, Resources and Trade in the Central Asia Region The IAAE Inter-Conference Symposium 4-6 April 2016 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The main producers of agricultural products in Uzbekistan are: Farms. Dehkan farms. Organizations engaged in agricultural activities (shirkats in astrakhan sheep breeding direction, subsidiary, agricultural industry and large industrial enterprises and other areas experienced higher education institutions and research institutes). Table: 1 Таble 2. The structure of the crop agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan (%) Table:3 The gross output of agricultural crops the Republic of Uzbekistan, thousand tonnes. Structure of production of the main products the context of of business entities in the country as of 2014: Farmers produce more than 80% of cereals, 99.5% cotton, 23.8% potato, 35% vegetables, 45.6% of fruits and berries, grapes 53.1%. Dehkan farms: 75.3% of potatoes, 63.8% of vegetables, 52.3% of fruits and berries, grapes 45.3%. More than 94% of meat and 95% of milk, about 55% of the eggs, about 85% wool and honey. Other businesses involved in the production of agricultural products: from 1 to 2% of the total agricultural production. Figure 1. Marketing channels of agricultural products Marketing channels of agricultural products Domestic market Processing Foreign market Wholesale a gricultural markets. Dehkan markets: retail agents. Supermarkets, restaurants, catering companies. Social i nstitutions Companies specializing in the processing of vegetables and grapes. Canned food Dried fruits Beverage Others Russia Kazakhstan Other countries Priority directions of development of trade in agricultural products: Development of regional wholesale food markets oriented the sales of agricultural products. Development of infrastructure serving the food and agricultural wholesale markets. Establishment cooperatives serving the dekhkan farms, including private farms. Raising awareness of dehkan farms on the market and the volume of production on a regional scale. The development of a mechanism the conclusion of futures contracts between producers and consumers of agricultural products with the terms of advancing of production. The producer shall be oriented a particular consumer. Processing enterprises and producers should be supported through the provision of soft loans for the production of fruits and vegetables in the amounts not exceeding the refinancing rate of the Central Bank of the Republic. The development of logistics centers. In such centers should be equipped with its storage for long-term storage of agricultural products. The logistics centers need to focus marketing service, packaging, and transportation services. Mitigation of trade and administrative barriers to the export-oriented productions. Support for export, establish of trade representatives in countries with potential commodity markets and others. One of the main problems negatively influencing the profitability of producers is considered the problem of product sale, the problem in the system of sales due to the following factors: Unplanned and disorganized production of vegetables and melons. Lack of information on market capacity. Trade restrictions on exports. Many types of administrative documents required to obtain an export permit. Underdevelopment of network of wholesale markets in the regions. Significant seasonal variations in production (excess production in the season and the lack of in the offseason). Small-scale orientation of dehkan farms: dehkan farms usually sell a minimum batches ( kg) on at local markets or wholesale resellers. Lack of specialized storage facilities for dehkan farms’ products storage. The lack of guaranteed state procurement of fruit and vegetables. Reduced financial support for production only partially covers the needs of these enterprises in financial resources. Interaction mechanism of sales channels of fruit and vegetable is in the following areas: Dehkan farms sell their products mostly to entrepreneurs, intermediaries who buy products directly from several dehkan farms. On the next stage the production is directed to the wholesale markets or the markets of big cities. Based their capabilities, they can also send products to private storage, export products. The mechanism or directions of sales channels of farmers' products can be divided into four areas: Fields - wholesalers and wholesale markets; Fields - selling of products under contracts with procurement organizations; Field-sorting-packing-storing- selling on local markets; Field-sorting - intermediaries-packaging-exporting (agrifirm or entrepreneurial agents having a permit to carry out wholesale trade). The territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan is thousand sq. km. The agricultural sector accounts for 17.2% of gross domestic product for the period in 2014 (GDP). Key indicators of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan Indicators unit of measurem ent years Changes the balance of 2014 by 2010 (+ ;-) Total land area Thousand ha ,3 0,0 Area of agricultural land Thousand ha ,720473,520481,120469, ,7 Irrigated land Thousand ha. 4213,24212,24211,44212,84204,9-8,3 Sown area of agricultural crops Thousand ha. 3708,43601,63628,13658,63678,2-30,2 Sown area of crops on irrigated land Thousand ha. 3387,93292,83355,93341,53357,8-30,1 Agricultural Products Billion uzsoum 16774,721422,327164,234201, ,3 included: crops%59,859,660,862,059,0-0,7 livestock%40,240,439,238,041,00,7 Indicators years The total sown area100 Cereals45,344,644,9 45 including: Grain cereals42,142,841,142,1 of them wheat39,539,838,739,6 Corn for grain0,80,71,10,91 rice1,90,62,11,21,3 legumes0,50,40,5 Industrial crops38,238,537,837,737,3 including: cotton36,236,936,135,835,4 Potatoes1,922,1 2,2 Vegetables4,74,955,2 melons and gourds1,3 1,51,4 forage crops8,68,7 8,9 IndicatorsYears changes in 2014 by 2010 (+ ;-) Cereals7404,17054,17519,57807,87873,3106,3 cotton ,13361,23400,299,9 Potatoes1694,81862,12057,12241,52452,3144,7 Vegetables6346,56947,97709,98518,49286,7146,3 melons and gourds1182,41285,51385,51520,21661,8140,5 fruits and berries1710,31878,82052,82261,12490,6145,6 grapes987,31090, ,11441,2146,0