Uzbekistan

With production of USD967 billion, Asia Pacific was the largest rubber and plastic producer globally in 2020. Regional production of rubber and plastic products remains highly concentrated in China, Japan and South Korea. Over 2021-2030, Asia Pacific…

Asian Pacific economies were hard hit by COVID-19, leading to setback in construction activities in the first half of 2020. Robust Chinese recovery, however, boosted construction output in the second half of the year. Heavy infrastructure…

Asia Pacific, with a value of USD916 billion, is the largest forestry, wood and paper goods producer in the world. Forecasts for the region’s industry remain positive for 2021-2030, due to developing economies and rising population. However, the…

Wound care is one of the least dynamic and saturated categories in consumer health in Uzbekistan and is mainly dominated by budget products such as universal plasters and tapes. Consumers typically spend very little on such products, thus leaving…

2020 was an excellent year for vitamins, with value sales booming into triple-digit growth as consumers sought immunity-boosting vitamins and supplements to remain healthy during the time of the pandemic. In particular, vitamin C saw huge growth,…

Sports nutrition is a category in the early stages of development in Uzbekistan and has a very limited consumer base. The category experienced some dynamism over the review period, thanks to the growth of modern fitness centres where there is an…

Paediatric consumer health is one of the fastest growing categories in Uzbekistan. Whilst consumers have economised themselves during the time of the pandemic, they have remained willing to pay higher prices for products for their children –…

Herbal/traditional products is seeing more normalised sales in 2021, following the fluctuations seen in 2020 due to the pandemic. Within this, sales of herbal/traditional topical analgesics rocketed in 2020 (due to the popularity of analgesics during…

Whilst digestive remedies has remained in positive growth figures during the time of the pandemic, sales were slightly lower in 2020 and are only partially recovering in 2021. Consumers in Uzbekistan typically perceive digestive remedies to be of a…

Dietary supplements is recovering in 2021, after seeing declines across a number of sub-categories in 2020. These declines were caused by lower consumer spending power during the time of the pandemic, with consumers focused more on vitamins and…

Dermatologicals is showing stronger growth in 2021 as compared to 2020, due to pandemic restrictions starting to be lifted. The category suffered from stagnation in 2020, as consumers were spending more time at home and thus had lower incidences of…

Sales of cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) remedies are stimulated by the event of COVID-19 in 2021, as such products are aimed at some of the key symptoms of the virus and consumers continue to keep stocked up, in fear of further lockdowns or…

Consumer health is seeing more normalised sales figures in 2021 compared to 2020, when the event of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a number of fluctuations in both directions. It should be noted that Uzbekistan is a country with rather low purchasing…

Sales of analgesics slow down in 2021, following the boom seen in 2020 due to concerns about COVID-19. Consumers were driven to stockpiling in the first quarter of 2020, through fears they may be unable to obtain medicines if they should need them.…

Insight into income, wealth and expenditure of consumers and households is vital in helping businesses make strategic decisions with regards to which country (or even which region within a country) to enter, which consumer segment to target, which…

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When it comes to their taste in yoghurt, consumers in Uzbekistan clearly prefer exotic and very sweet flavours, as yoghurt is generally perceived as a dessert rather than part of their everyday meals. Traditional sour milk products from Uzbekistan…

In 2021, other dairy continues to register a high growth rate in retail volume and current value terms. Plain fromage frais and quark is expected to be boosted as consumers are increasingly switching to packaged goods from more traditional…

Cow’s milk and full fat shelf table milk continue to reap the benefits of the drive towards packaged drinking milk products in Uzbekistan as consumers have become more hygiene conscious since the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whereas milk is…

Uzbekistan consumers continue to demonstrate loyalty to their chosen soft cheese products as soft cheese continues to play a central role in people’s daily food habits. Mozzarella in particular will drive the success of soft cheese in 2021 as…