Export of Georgian tangerines up 6.2 per cent
New export destination countries are Lithuania (120.9 tonnes), Slovenia (158.2 tonnes), Qatar (0.4 tonnes) and Singapore (0.1 tonnes). Photo: Ministry of Agriculture.
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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.
New export destination countries are Lithuania (120.9 tonnes), Slovenia (158.2 tonnes), Qatar (0.4 tonnes) and Singapore (0.1 tonnes).
The leading export destination countries are:
- Russia - 13,075.3 tonnes
- Ukraine - 4,047.2 tonnes
- Armenia - 3,333.6 tonnes
The market price for tangerines ranges from 0.7 GEL ($0.24/€0.22) to 1.5 GEL ($0.52/€0.47) per kilogram, says the Ministry.
A coordination centre serving farmers and factories opened on October 16, and facilitates the distribution of state subsidiaries to farmers producing tangerines.
The centre will work until February 1, 2020.
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.
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.
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.
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.