Tea in Georgia

Georgia is located in the northernmost part of the globe where tea is cultivated. This tea growing region is situated between the main Caucasian mountain range and the Black sea covers about 500 km long. Tea was first grown commercially in 1885 near Batumi and around 1915, the number of estates rised to 170, covering a land extent of 1000 hectares. By 1932 there were 19 government owned tea farms and 9 processing plants and the extent reached to 25,500 hectares. Georgia established tea in about 56000 hectares in 1993 and the 70 processing plants manufacture about 75 million kg of tea every year. At present in Russia, there are only 1600 hectares under tea and producing 2 million kg. There are plans to increase the land extent under tea in Russia, in the Krasnodar territory, Dagestan, Northern Osetia and Adygeya.

Georgia’s tea imports from January to November 2021 amounted to $8 million, that is a decline of 14.8 percent, compared to $9.4 million over the same period of 2020, Trend reports via the National Statistics Office (Geostat).

TOP-5 tea exporters to Georgia (Jan. through Nov. 2021):

Azerbaijan – $4.3 million;

Russia – $1.5 million;

Sri Lanka – $1.2 million;

Turkey – $251,310;

France – $124,370.

Georgia’s total imports from January through November 2021 amounted to $8.9 billion, which is an increase of 24.5 percent, compared to $7.2 billion over the reporting period of 2020.

Meanwhile, Georgia’s tea exports over the same period of 2021 also declined by 4.4 percent, compared to $4.5 million over the same period of 2020, and totaled $4.3 million.

TOP-5 tea importers from Georgia (Jan. through Nov. 2021):

Azerbaijan – $2 million;

Turkey – $622,220;

Mongolia – $417,920;

Turkmenistan – $190,930;

Belarus – $168,460.

Georgian exports over the reporting period of 2021 amounted to $3.8 billion – an increase of 26.7 percent, compared to $3.01 billion in the same period of 2020.

Meanwhile, Georgian total foreign trade turnover (excluding undeclared trade) from January through November 2021 amounted to $12.8 billion, which is 25.1 percent more than over the same period of 2020 – $10.2 billion.

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References

Main Source: https://en.trend.az/scaucasus/georgia/3553136.html