2018-2019 orange harvest: Export of Georgian mandarins up 25%
Georgia exported 26,775 tonnes of mandarins as of January 3, 2019. Photo: Ministry of Agriculture.
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Georgia exported 26,775 tonnes of mandarins during the 2018-2019 orange harvest season, announces the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.
Export of mandarins grew by 25 percent compared to the 2017-2018 harvest.
Georgian mandarins were mainly exported to Russia, Ukraine and Armenia.
The price of mandarins varies from 0.40 GEL to 0.70 GEL.
Additionally, about 9,140 tonnes of non-standard mandarins were delivered to the factories.
Adjara’s local government subsidises non-standard mandarins and pays 10 tetri for every kilogram of lower quality mandarins to be processed and not sold as fruit.
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 has exported 8,595 tonnes of mandarins this year as of 3 December 2018, announces Georgia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection.
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.
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 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.
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.