Uzbekistan is planning to open its own terminal at the port of Baku

Uzbekistan intends to open its own terminal at the port of Baku. Abdusamat Mominov, Deputy Minister of Transport of Uzbekistan, informed about this in an interview with Trend.
"This terminal works both for the transportation of sugar to Uzbekistan and for our export. We want to use public-private partnership for this. Uzbek businessmen want to invest in the development of the infrastructure of Olyat port for future use," he said.

According to him, at the moment, the parties are carrying out appropriate work on the creation of warehouse infrastructure in the Baku port area to store goods coming from Uzbekistan.

Mominov also noted that this year, according to the order of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbekistan will increase the volume of goods delivery through the ports of Azerbaijan and Georgia to 1.5 million tons.

"Based on the geopolitical situation in the world, it is necessary to look for alternative ways of delivery, now Uzbekistan is redirecting cargo to the direction of Azerbaijan, thus developing the potential of the Middle Corridor [Trans-Caspian International Transport Route] . Today, we are very actively using the transport potential of Azerbaijan, the possibilities of the Baku international sea trade port, in particular, in the import of sugar. This year, we plan to double the volume of sugar transportation to 300,000 tons," explained the deputy minister.

He noted that in 2022, transportation of sugar raw materials through the territory of Azerbaijan amounted to 130,000 tons.

In general, in 2022, the volume of transportation of export-import goods of Uzbekistan through Olyat port of Azerbaijan increased by 65% and amounted to more than 900 thousand tons.