On March 3, 2026, a decision was made at the phytosanitary control post "Kyzyl-Kiya," located in Batken and under the Department of Chemicalization, Protection, and Quarantine of Plants of the Ministry of Agriculture, to ban the import of 80,520 seedlings that arrived from Uzbekistan.
According to the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan dated February 13, 2026, under number 103 “On the introduction of a temporary ban on the import of seedlings of fruit and berry crop varieties into the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic,” this cargo was returned to the exporting country, as the resolution did not specify the corresponding varieties of seedlings.
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