Georgia exports 1,797 tonnes of hazelnuts
Despite the coronavirus crisis, negotiations have been carried out with exporters and associations of hazelnut producers, as a result of which hazelnuts are still making it to export, says the ministry. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has already exported 1,797 tonnes of hazelnuts this year which is an increase of 81 per cent compared to the same period of last year, says the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture.
The major European countries to which Georgia has exported hazelnuts are:
- Germany – 460 tonnes
- Italy – 423 tonnes
- Czechia – 154 tonnes
- Spain – 93 tonnes
- Poland – 66 tonnes
- Lithuania – 62 tonnes
Other European countries to which Georgia has exported hazelnuts this year are Ukraine (61 tonnes), Great Britain (22 tonnes), Austria (22 tonnes), Estonia (22 tonnes), Belarus (21 tonnes), Latvia (21 tonnes), France (42 tonnes), Greece (10 tonnes).
Georgian hazelnuts have also been exported to Armenia (154 tonnes), Russia (66 tonnes), Mexico (25 tonnes) and Brazil (24 tonnes).
Georgia expects to harvest 50,000 tonnes of high-quality hazelnuts worth $100 million this year, says the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture.
Despite the coronavirus crisis, negotiations have been carried out with exporters and associations of hazelnut producers, as a result of which hazelnuts are still making it to export, says the ministry.
Georgia has already exported 1,334 tonnes of hazelnuts this year – twice as much as the country exported in the same period of last year, says the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture.
About 50,000 tonnes of high quality hazelnuts are expected to be harvested in Georgia this year, announces the Ministry of Agriculture. Farmers in the Samegrelo region of Georgia have already started to gather the hazelnut harvest.
A new hazelnut processing and storage facility has opened in the village of Tela, in Lagodekhi municipality of Georgia, which is operated by local company Agritrade, announces the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia.
In January-November 2019 Georgia exported 10,879.4 tonnes worth $54.76 million of shelled and unshelled hazelnuts, which amounted to 1.6 per cent of total Georgian exports in this period, show data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia.
Georgia has exported 4,466 tonnes of hazelnuts this year as of September 24, which is a 74 per cent increase compared to the same period of last year, announces the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia.
Georgia has exported 6,273 tonnes of hazelnuts between August 1 and October 11, which is a 54% increase compared to the same period of 2019, announces Georgian Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection.