Uzbekistan's chicken imports held at 51,400 tonnes in January-September while import value rose 3.9 percent

Uzbekistan bought slightly less chicken by volume in the first nine months of 2026 and paid more for it: 51,400 tonnes for USD 62.8 million, about USD 1,222 per tonne against USD 1,163 a year earlier.

Customs Committee data for January-September 2026, reported by UzDaily on 6 October 2026, put total Uzbek meat imports at USD 780.4 million, 14.5 percent above the USD 681.8 million of the same period in 2025. Beef carried 76.6 percent of the value at USD 597.7 million, up 12.9 percent, on 132,000 tonnes, up 3.5 percent from 127,600 tonnes.

Chicken, the second largest line by volume, was flat to slightly down: USD 62.8 million against USD 60.5 million, a rise of 3.9 percent in value, on 51,400 tonnes against 52,000 tonnes, a fall of 1.1 percent. The implied average import value therefore moved from about USD 1,163 to about USD 1,222 per tonne, roughly 5 percent higher, which points to firmer prices rather than weaker demand. Lamb rose 15.9 percent in value to USD 51.6 million on 26,500 tonnes, up 12.8 percent, and meat by-products reached USD 25.8 million on 26,900 tonnes.

The sharper movement is in other poultry species. Duck imports went from 101 tonnes and USD 0.2 million to 8,905 tonnes and USD 14.4 million, and turkey from 1,500 tonnes to 2,800 tonnes, with value rising from USD 2.6 million to USD 7.5 million. That is a different buyer profile from frozen chicken: processing and food-service demand, not retail whole-bird demand.

• Chicken is flat in volume, firmer in price: 51,400 tonnes (-1.1 percent), USD 62.8 million (+3.9 percent), about USD 1,222 per tonne.
• Beef dominates the value: USD 597.7 million of USD 780.4 million, or 76.6 percent, on 132,000 tonnes.
• Duck is the surprise: 8,905 tonnes against 101 tonnes a year earlier; turkey 2,800 tonnes against 1,500 tonnes - both now large enough to require dedicated supply programmes.
• What it means for sellers: growth in this market has moved away from chicken tonnage, so the chicken argument has to be price per tonne and cut specification, not volume expansion.

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Source: Customs Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, meat import data for January-September 2026, reported by UzDaily on 6 October 2026.