Georgian Minister of Agriculture: 2019 to be a special year for farmers due to high quality tangerines
As of today 7,900 tonnes of tangerines have already been exported from Georgia since the middle of October. Photo: Ministry of Agriculture.
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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.
Davitashvili said that high quality tangerines will reflect on the market price and noted that the export market is more diversified this year as new export markets have been added for Georgian tangerines.
As of today 7,900 tonnes of tangerines have already been exported since the middle of October.
This year Georgia will export tangerines to four new countries (Slovenia, Singapore, Lithuania and Qatar) with the traditional export countries of Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
Davitashvili noted that Belarus and Central Asian countries are also interested in importing Georgian tangerines.
Levan Davitashvili said that the Government of Georgia’s Autonomous Republic of Adjara is considering subsidising tangerines if there is a need.
A coordination centre serving farmers and factories opened in Adjara on October 16, and facilitates the distribution of state subsidiaries to farmers producing tangerines.
The centre will work until February 1, 2020.
Head of the Adjara region government Tornike Rijvadze has announced that tangerines will be exported to Singapore, Slovenia and Qatar this year.
Exports of tangerines amounted to 1,658 tonnes from the middle of October to November 20 , announced the Ministry of Agriculture.
Georgia exported 26,775 tonnes of mandarins during the 2018-2019 orange harvest season, announces the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.
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.
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.
The tangerines harvest season has just ended in Georgia and 31 thousand tonnes out of 50 thousand tonnes of tangerines have already been exported from the country in September-January of 2019-2020, announces the Ministry of Agriculture.
Exports of tangerines have increased 22% year-on-year in the last six months and amounted to 35,400 tonnes, bringing in $17.3 million which is a 16% increase compared to the same period of the previous year.
Exports of tangerines have increased by 34% in the last four months and amounted to 31,900 tonnes, bringing in $15.7 million, which is a 37% increase compared to the same period of the previous year, the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection reports.