January 2022: Georgian wine export up 51%
A total of 123 companies exported wine from Georgia in January. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia exported 5,3 million bottles of wine to 35 countries in January 2022, 51 percent more compared to the same period from last year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection announced on Tuesday.
The exports generated $11.6 million from the sale of wine abroad in January, marking an increase of 43 percent, according to data from the state body.
The volume of exports increased in strategic markets for Georgian wines:
- Poland – 502,986 bottles (+103%)
- China – 278,493 bottles (+514%)
- Lithuania – 117,588 bottles (+114%)
- United States – 79,890 bottles (+245%)
- Latvia - 92,892 (+22%)
- Estonia – 64,344 bottles (+102%)
- Japan - 17,280 (+482%)
- United Kingdom – 42,528 bottles (+35%)
The ministry also announced increases observed in the following countries:
- Ukraine - 574,566 (+93%)
- Kazakhstan - 99,672 (+106%)
- Netherlands – 18,270 bottles (+74%)
- Sweden - 19,590 (+234%)
- Russia - 3,204,979 (+34%)
- Mongolia – 40,884 bottles (+23%)
A total of 123 companies exported wine from Georgia in January.
Last year’s combined exports involved 107 million bottles of wine, a record-high figure over the last nine years.
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.
Georgia exported about 107 million bottles of wine to 62 countries in 2021, marking a record high over the last nine years, the government revealed on Monday.
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.
Turkey ($168.7 million), Russia ($128.6 million) and Azerbaijan ($122 million) are the top trading partners of Georgia in total external trade turnover in January 2022, preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) show.
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.
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