Russia's X5 Retail Group to expand imports from Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan
By Trend
Russia’s food retailer X5 Retail Group, which owns one of the largest retail chains of supermarkets and shops in Russia, plans to strengthen partnership with Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan and expand the range of imported products, Maxim Novikov, the director general of RVI, a subsidiary of the X5 Retail Group, told Trend.
According to him, increasing the volume of imports of fruits and vegetables from the countries of Central Asia, in particular, from Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan is an important area of work for the X5 Retail Group.
Novikov noted that fruits and vegetables from Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan are represented in most stores of X5 retail chains, including Pyaterochka, Perekrestok, Karusel and Perekrestok Express.
"The company purchases watermelons, persimmons, pomegranates, grapes, melons, nectarines, peaches, apricots, lemons, apples, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, beets, cabbage, feijoa, plums, corn, garlic in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan," Novikov said.
It was earlier reported that Uzbekistan will expand the supply of agricultural products for the X5 Retail Group in line with the partnership agreement signed by the Uztrade Company, a subsidiary of the Foreign Trade Ministry of Uzbekistan, and the Russian RVI, which is a leading subsidiary of the X5 Retail Group.