EU exports of Georgian agricultural products up 21% in Q1
Export of Georgian agricultural products to countries of the European Union is on the rise, with the Ministry of Agriculture data showing a 21 percent year-on-year increase in the figure in the first quarter of 2023. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Export of Georgian agricultural products to countries of the European Union is on the rise, with the Ministry of Agriculture data showing a 21 percent year-on-year increase in the figure in the first quarter of 2023.
Georgian-based media outlet bpn.ge reported on the statistical trend on Wednesday based on the data provided by the Ministry, with the website citing an overall increase of 29 percent y/y in agricultural exports.
The figures show a 129 percent increase in Georgian wine exports since the signing of the free trade agreement with the EU in 2014, with fruit juice and vegetable exports rising by 103 percent, alcoholic beverages by 26 percent, soft drinks by 4.7 times and fruit export by five times.
Georgian produce worth $1.3 billion was exported to 96 countries in 2022, a 34 percent increase compared to the previous year, statistics also showed.
The European Union market has been becoming “more stable and predictable” for Georgian exporters, increasing exports of goods to the EU countries to a “record” number, Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Genadi Arveladze said on Friday.
Georgian external trade turnover amounted to $4.78 billion in January-March 2023, posting a 22.1 percent increase year-on-year, the Georgian National Statistics Office revealed on Thursday.
The United States Agency for International Development Agriculture Programme, Enterprise Georgia and the Rural Development Agency of the country have launched a new programme to establish export market connections for Georgian companies involved in agriculture business.
The Georgian Ministry of Agriculture and the Association of Almond and Walnut Growers of Georgia are working to begin exports of Georgian almonds to the European Union market, the Association Founder Tornike Latatia told local radio station Commersant on Thursday.
Turkey ($673.7 million), Russia ($666.9 million) and China ($376 million) were the top trading partners of Georgia in its total external trade turnover between January and March, preliminary data from the National Statistics office of Georgia shows.
Georgia exported about 103 litres of wine worth $252.5 million to 66 countries in 2022, Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia told the country’s Parliament on Thursday, adding the figures marked a “record high” in the independence period of the country since the early 1990s.
Georgian external trade turnover amounted to $6.49 billion in January-April 2023, posting a 21.9 percent increase year-on-year, the Georgian National Statistics Office revealed on Monday.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Vakhtang Tsintsadze on Monday said exports from the country had reached a “record high” figure in the first four months of 2023.
Turkey ($925.3 million), Russia ($848.5 million) and Azerbaijan ($500.9 million) were the top trading partners of Georgia in its total external trade turnover between January and April, preliminary data from the National Statistics office of Georgia shows.
Georgia has exported locally produced goods worth $1.96 billion in January-April 2023, which is 23.6 percent higher year-on-year, the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia show.
Georgian external trade turnover amounted to $8.36 billion in January-May 2023, posting a 18.9 percent increase year-on-year, the Georgian National Statistics Office revealed on Tuesday.
Georgia exported about 103 litres of wine worth $252.5 million to 66 countries in 2022, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told the country’s Parliament on Friday, adding the figures marked a “record high” in the independence period of the country since the early 1990s.
The export value of Georgian agro-food products in 2023 increased by 27.7 percent, compared to the same figure of the previous year, amounting to $787.5 million, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia said on Friday.