Uzbekistan harvested 5 million tons of cotton annually for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. This is not the final figure - there is still a crop left in the fields. Cotton is the most important agricultural crop in the country. It constitutes 3% of GDP and 15% of industrial production. The cotton-textile sector employs 623,000 people, and the sector's share in exports is about 10%.

Uzbekistan harvested 5 million tons of cotton annually for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. This is not the final figure - there is still a crop left in the fields. Cotton is the most important agricultural crop in the country. It constitutes 3% of GDP and 15% of industrial production. The cotton-textile sector employs 623,000 people, and the sector's share in exports is about 10%.