Agriculture Minister: "Food supplies are sufficient in Georgia"
Minister said that there are no delays as of today, despite some challenges, including export restrictions in the region. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgian Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili says that food supplies are regularly monitored and "we have an encouraging situation".
There are no delays as of today, despite some challenges, including export restrictions in the region. Today our citizens have unhindered access to any kind of food product", he said.
Davitashvili said that there is also enough wheat supply in Georgia and if necessary the country will fill the supplies "from alternative sources and geographical areas".
Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava said that the main post-crisis task of the Georgian government will be first of all to develop Georgian businesses that can replace imports with local products and to ensure that “we can provide ourselves with critical products”.
Georgia has enough supplies of meat and fish and there are no difficulties in importing cargo and replenishing supplies, announces Georgian Ministry of Agriculture Levan Davitashvili.
Georgian Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili says that there is no risk of food shortages in Georgia due to the coronavirus. Davitashvili met the heads of the large supermarkets earlier today to discuss food stocks and the issue of price regulation.
Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages have increased in Georgia, while transport related costs have reduced, show the latest inflation data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Online shopping for all items except food and medical supplies has been suspended in Georgia until April 21 - the date until when the state of emergency is in force - in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
Georgia has received a total of 63 tonnes of food stuffs and medical supplies via Batumi port in western Georgia earlier today. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia welcomed the two ships carrying 40 tonnes of food stuffs and 23 tonnes of medicines.
Georgia has received 6,000 tonnes of wheat via Poti port in western Georgia earlier today. An additional 12,000 tonnes of wheat is expected to arrive in the near future. The wheat was imported by Bevrili Group, a Georgian company that processes flour and produces bread products.