In pursuance of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated March 30, 2018 No. 249, the Syrdarya Regional Department of the Antimonopoly Committee analyzed the pricing for the services of Agrokimehimoya JSC for spraying chemical preparations and suspensions on grain and cotton fields, processing cotton leaves by defoliation.
In 2019, the Syrdarya Regional Department of Agrokimehohimoy JSC carried out activities of spraying chemicals on the fields, in total, on 94,743 hectares of land, exceeding the cost of work by 1,721 UZS per hectare. As a result, they received 162.9 million UZS of unreasonable income.
In addition, in 2019, the service of artificial defoliation of cotton leaves with an OVX sprayer was carried out on a total area of 31,033 hectares of land. The excess of the cost of the service from each hectare, in this case, amounted to 2 586 UZS. Unreasonable income amounted to 80.2 million UZS.
In 2020, the service for spraying cotton and grain fields with chemicals and suspensions was implemented on an area of 51,923 hectares. The price increase for each hectare was 2007 UZS. As a result, an unjustified income of 104.2 million UZS was received.
As a result of the incorrect application of the level of profitability of the price of the services provided by the regional administration of Agrokimehimoya JSC for 2019-2020 amounted 347.4 million UZS.
In accordance with the instruction of the Special Commission of the Syrdarya Regional Department of the Antimonopoly Committee, 347.4 million UZS were fully recalculated in favor of 170 farm households.
Press office of the Antimonopoly Committee