Georgian hazelnuts exports up 28% as of January 23
The export price of hazelnuts increased by 11% compared to the same period of last year. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agneda.ge.
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Georgia has exported 18,400 tonnes of hazelnuts between August 1, 2021, and January 23, 2022, which is a 28% increase compared to the same period of last year, the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection announces.
The exports generated 84.5 million USD in revenue, marking an 8.3 million USD increase year-on-year.
The export price of hazelnuts increased by 11% compared to the same period of last year.
Georgian hazelnuts were exported to the following EU countries:
- Italy (7,621 tonnes)
- Germany (3,533 tonnes)
- Spain (522 tonnes)
- Czechia (467 tonnes)
- Poland (379 tonnes)
- France (339 tonnes)
- Lithuania (327 tonnes)
- Bulgaria (144 tonnes)
- Greece (71 tonnes)
- Latvia (70 tonnes)
- Estonia (60 tonnes)
- Belgium (41 tonnes)
- Hungary (22 tonnes)
- Croatia (20 tonnes)
Georgian hazelnuts were also exported to Armenia (1,290 tonnes), China (785 tonnes), Russia (400 tonnes), Ukraine (339 tonnes), and other countries.
Georgian external trade turnover amounted to 14.31 billion USD in 2021, which is an increase of 25.6% year-on-year, express data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) show.
Turkey (2.1 billion USD), Russia (1.6 billion USD) and China (1.4 billion USD) are the top trading partners of Georgia in total external trade turnover in 2021, preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) show.
Georgia has exported locally produced goods worth 4.2 billion USD in 2021, which is 26.9% higher year-on-year, the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) show. Geostat says local exports in the country account for 73.7% of total exports, amounting to 3.1 billion USD, 29.9% higher compared to 2020.
A total of 17,000 tonnes of Georgian hazelnuts have been exported from August 1 to December 26, at a value of 77.2 million USD, the Georgian Agriculture Ministry announces.
Georgian external trade turnover amounted to $1.1 billion in January 2022, an increase of 41.1 percent year-on-year, latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) shows.
Georgia has exported locally produced goods worth $331.3 million in January 2022, which is 47.6 percent higher year-on-year, the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) show.