Decision No. PP-3978 of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On additional measures to increase the efficiency of promoting fruits and vegetables to foreign markets.”

The President, in order to expand the country's export potential, eliminate barriers preventing the full development of fruit and vegetable exports, improving government support for export activities, as well as creating a comprehensive promotion system for export of domestic fruit and vegetable products to foreign markets, decides as follows: (a) legal entities - exporters of fruits and vegetables have the right to export the aforesaid products without prior payment, opening a letter of credit, issuing a bank guarantee and availability policy for insurance of export contracts against political and commercial risks; (b) legal entities - exporters of fruits and vegetables who have not provided timely receipt of revenue from the export of fruits and vegetables, are included in the register of unscrupulous exporters of fruits and vegetables, with the application to them of requirements for obtaining 100-percentage of advance payment for the export of fruits and vegetables; and (c) business entities have the right to export fruits and vegetables without a license for wholesale trade. At the same time, the revenue of individual entrepreneurs received from the export of fruits and vegetables, the taxation procedure applies, providing for the payment of a single tax payment. Exported fruits and vegetables are not subject to customs inspection, except when signs of risk of violations of customs legislation are identified. At the same time, responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in the documents, as well as illegal movement of commodities across the customs border of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be borne by the exporter.