Orange harvest 2018: Georgia exports 240 tonnes of mandarins abroad
Mostly, mandarins are exported to Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Hungary and Poland. Photo: government of Adjara.
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The orange harvest season has just started in Georgia and 240 tonnes of mandarin have already been exported from the country, announces the government of the autonomous republic of Adjara.
This year Georgia exported three times more mandarins than in the same period of 2017.
Mostly, mandarins are exported to Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Hungary and Poland.
The typical citrus season runs from November to January in Adjara and in these months about 55,000-60,000 tonnes of citrus fruit are expected to be picked and exported.
A special citrus harvest coordination centre has been opened in Adjara region to offer support to citrus growers, producers and others in the industry.
The subsidised programme of mandarins will start from November 25.
Adjara’s local government announced that 1 kg of industrial mandarins will be co-financed by 0.10 GEL.
Georgia is getting ready for a rich orange harvest season during which thousands of tonnes of citrus fruits will be picked, packed and sold locally or exported.
Georgia is getting ready for a rich orange season in northwestern Adjara region. The typical citrus season runs from November to January and in these months about 35,000-40,000 tonnes of citrus fruit are expected to be picked and exported.
Georgia has exported 26,509 tonnes of mandarins to Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Belarus and other foreign nations.
Georgia is enjoying a plentiful orange harvest mid-way through the picking season.
Georgia has exported 8,595 tonnes of mandarins this year as of 3 December 2018, announces Georgia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection.
Georgia has exported 23,720 tonnes of mandarins this year as of December 24, 2018, announces Georgia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection.
Georgia exported 26,775 tonnes of mandarins during the 2018-2019 orange harvest season, announces the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.
Georgia has exported 28,855 tonnes of tangerines as of 15 January 2019, announces the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.
Georgia has exported 29,723 tonnes of tangerines as of 29 January 2019, announces the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.
Exports of tangerines amounted to 1,658 tonnes from the middle of October to November 20 , announced the Ministry of Agriculture.
Head of the Adjara region government Tornike Rijvadze has announced that tangerines will be exported to Singapore, Slovenia and Qatar this year.