Fruit harvest expected to hit 45,000 tonnes of citrus, PM says
State authorities would co-finance collection of a kilogram of industrial tangerines with ₾0.15 ($0.055), with enterprises paying ₾0.05 ($0.018). Photo: Ministry of Agriculture
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said this year’s fruit harvest was expected to hit about 45,000 tonnes of citrus, adding the Government would subsidise collection of non-standard tangerines.
This week the regional Government of Adjara also announced state authorities would co-finance collection of a kilogram of industrial tangerines with ₾0.15 ($0.055), with enterprises paying ₾0.05 ($0.018).
The regional Government also said enterprises would start accepting non-standard tangerines "in the coming days".
Garibashvili today said more than 20 enterprises would accept and process tangerines designated for export from this year’s harvest.
The typical citrus season runs from November to January in the western Adjara and Guria regions.
Exports of tangerines have increased by 34% in the last four months and amounted to 31,900 tonnes, bringing in $15.7 million, which is a 37% increase compared to the same period of the previous year, the Georgian Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection reports.
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.
Georgia has exported 6,179 tonnes of peaches and nectarines as of July 14 which is 640 tonnes more than in the same period of last year, when about 5,539 tonnes of peaches and nectarines were exported, announces the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and members of the Government's Economic Council met on Saturday to review the indicators of foreign direct investments in the country, which totalled $745.3 million in the third quarter of 2022, doubling from the adjusted data of Q3 2021.
Georgia exported 2,346 tonnes of blueberries worth $14.4 million and 3,635 tonnes of peaches worth $3.9 million between May 1 and July 5, the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia said on Friday.
Otar Shamugia, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, on Wednesday said the country had exported more than 26 tonnes of tangerines, calling the number a “significant increase” compared to figures from the previous year.
Exports of Georgian tangerines amounted to 36.2 thousand tonnes between September and mid-January, totaling $23.4 million, the Ministry of Agriculture announced on Wednesday.