Milk production increased, meat and egg production decreased across Georgia - statistics office
Milk production across Georgia increased by 5.6 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2023, reaching 206.0 million litres. Photo: Geostat
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Milk production across Georgia increased by 5.6 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2023, reaching 206.0 million litres, while meat production decreased by 8.2 percent y/y and equalled 17,300 tonnes, the National Statistics Office said on Wednesday.
The figures came as part of preliminary data released by the body, which showed egg production had also decreased by 5.3 percent y/y and stood at 161.4 million pieces in the reporting period.
The statistics also show the number of bovine animals reached 929,700 (-5.6%y/y), of which the total number of dairy cows and buffaloes was 446,500 (-2%y/y).
The number of pigs stood at 161,800 (-21.2%y/y), with the number of poultry increased by 0.6 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and equalling 10.9 million.
Meat production in Georgia increased in the first quarter of the year to reach 16.7 tonnes, a 5.7 percent increase compared to the same period of 2021, the latest preliminary data of the Georgian National Statistics Office showed along with a decrease in milk production.
Georgia imported $29.6 million in milk in 2019, show preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat), out of which the import of thickened or sugar added milk amounted to $21.3 million, while the value of sugar-free milk import came to $8.3 million.
The production of high-quality milk in Georgia more than doubled between 2015 and 2018, the fifth dairy congress in Tbilisi has announced.
Georgia is taking action to promote products made from natural milk, while safeguarding consumers’ rights and balancing competition between milk producing companies.