Georgia intends to export tangerines to new EU markets
An office to help improve communication between farmers and factories receiving tangerines for export has opened. Photo: Adjara government press office.
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Head of the Adjara region government Tornike Rizhvadze has announced that tangerines will be exported to new markets in several EU member states this year.
We have traditional markets where we export tangerines annually. However, we have plans to export the product to several new markets in the EU this year", Rizhvadze stated today while opening an office which will improve coordination between farmers and the factories which will receive the product to then export it.
He said that the office, which will work until February 1, 2020, will also facilitate the distribution of state subsidiaries to farmers producing tangerines.
Rizhvadze says that 50-55,000 thousand tonnes of tangerines are expected this year, adding that up to 30 factories will receive the product, sort it and then export it abroad.
The wine-making sector is giving new energy to job creation and strengthening Georgian business, announced Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia at a meeting with wine-makers earlier today.
The volume of grapes processed on a daily basis in Georgia has reached 9,000 tonnes in the past 24 hours, which is the highest rate of harvest over the last 30 years in Georgia’s grape-producing Kakheti region.
5,500 tonnes of grapes have been processed in Kakheti region as of September 2.
National Wine Agency Chairman Levan Mekhuzla says that Georgia may face a challenging grape harvest season this year.
Exports of tangerines amounted to 1,658 tonnes from the middle of October to November 20 , announced the Ministry of Agriculture.
2019 will be a special year for farmers taking into consideration the high quality of the tangerine harvest, said Georgian Minister of Agriculture Levan Davitashvili earlier today.
Exports of Georgian tangerines amounted to 21,333 tonnes from the middle of October to December 19 this year, which is 6.2 per cent more compared to the same period of last year, announced the Ministry of Agriculture.