Agriculture Minister: wine export growth result of Gov’t “purposeful policy”
In January-February 2022, export of wine of fresh grapes totalled $33.2 million, marking a 43.9 percent growth compared to the same period of last year. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia’s wine export growth rate reached more than 40 percent in January-February 2022, the Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia said on Monday, adding the figure reflected the “purposeful policy” of the Georgian Government.
Shamugia noted exports of agricultural products were increasing as well, pointing out the state’s support for market diversification, and saying the list of countries where Georgian products are exported was also increasing.
He also said a “significant increase” was registered in 2021 in exports of agricultural products, amounting to more than $200 million.
In January-February 2022, export of wine of fresh grapes totalled $33.2 million, marking a 43.9 percent growth compared to the same period of last year.
Georgia exported locally produced goods worth $760.4 million in the first two months of 2022 which amounted to a 54.5 percent increase.
Georgian farmers will be able to get low-interest loans for production of annual crops, following latest changes to the preferential agro-credit state programme, Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia announced on Monday.
Turkey ($354.4 million), Russia ($274.6 million) and Azerbaijan ($248.8 million) are the top trading partners of Georgia in total external trade turnover in January-February 2022, preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) show.
Georgia has exported locally produced goods worth $760.4 million in January-February 2022, which is 54.5 percent higher year-on-year, preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) show.
Georgian external trade turnover amounted to $2.5 billion in January-February 2022, an increase of 49.2 percent year-on-year, latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) shows.
The number of Georgian companies exporting to the European Union in 2021 comprised an increase of more than 70 percent compared to the figure before the 2014 signing of the Association Agreement (AA), Deputy Economy Minister Genadi Arveladze said on Tuesday.
Environmental reforms in Georgia, projects implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the country and future cooperation avenues were discussed by Otar Shamugia, the Georgian Agriculture Minister, and Nick Beresford, the UNDP Resident Representative in Georgia, on Tuesday.
Georgia has the resources to increase its wheat self-sufficiency to 50 percent, Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia said on Wednesday, noting the state was ready to develop “stimulating projects” aimed at increasing wheat production in the country.
A total of six wine producer companies were refused certification following inspections carried out in 25 entities in the first quarter of 2022, the National Wine Agency of Georgia announced on Friday.
Production of perennial crops in Georgia has increased by 33 percent in recent years and amounted to 600,000 tonnes, Otar Shamugia, the Agriculture Minister of the country, said on Thursday.
Vegetable production in Georgia has increased by 15 percent in recent years and amounted to 176.1 tonnes, Otar Shamugia, the Agriculture Minister of the country, said on Thursday.
Georgia’s previous 80 percent dependence on wine exports to the Russian market has dropped to 57 percent, Otar Shamugia, the Georgian Agriculture Minister, said on Monday.
About 150 Georgian wines were presented to visitors of an event organised in London, the National Wine Agency of Georgia announced on Monday.
The Georgian National Tourism Administration is hosting journalists and bloggers from across the world writing on winemaking topics in promotion of the country’s rich heritage and culture in the field, the state body announced on Thursday.
Georgia and Moldova are facing “common challenges” in the wake of the two countries’ formal European Union membership bids after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Otar Shamugia, the Georgian Agriculture Minister, said while stressing the importance of a “positive outcome” of the applications for the two states on Saturday.
loans worth more than ₾242 million ($75მmln/€70mln), including state co-financing exceeding ₾46 million ($15mln/€14mln), have been issued in eastern Georgia’s winemaking Kakheti region for wine production over the past nine years, the Georgian Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday.
About 70,000 tonnes of grapes of various varieties have been processed as part of the ongoing harvest in Georgia’s eastern winemaking region of Kakheti, the national wine agency said on Friday.
Factories have processed 175,500 tonnes of grapes from the ongoing harvest in Georgia’s eastern winemaking region of Kakheti, with about 16,000 growers generating ₾174 million (about $ 61,514,530) in income so far, the national wine agency announced on Monday.
Georgian agriculture minister Otar Shamugia on Tuesday reviewed the current food security situation and challenges in Georgia at the 50th session of the committee on world food security, with the event hosted in Rome.