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63, 4 million USD worth of hazelnut exported from Georgia by December 6
Georgia continues successful efforts for exporting hazelnut, which has already amounted into 63, 4 million USD (12, 167 tonnes) during the period of August 1 – December 6. The export of the same period of 2019 has increased in 3, 472 tonnes (40 %), amounting an increase of 20, 2 million USD (47 %). Moreover, an export price on hazelnut during the given timeframe has increased in 5 %.The vast majority of Georgian hazelnut export has reached European Union market, mainly Germany (3, 530 tonnes), Italy (2, 581 tonnes), Czech Republic (594 tonnes), Lithuania (355 tonnes), Poland (354 tonnes), Spain (352 tonnes), Bulgaria (322 tonnes), France (240 tonnes), Greece (97 tonnes), Estonia (88 tonnes), Latvia (84 tonnes), Luxembourg (84 tonnes), Slovakia (74 tonnes), Austria (22 tonnes) and Croatia (10 tonnes).Â
Nevertheless, Georgian hazelnut has been exported to countries such as Armenia (680 tonnes), the Russian Federation (540 tonnes), Turkey (530 tonnes), Belarus (306 tonnes), Ukraine (212 tonnes), Brazil (186 tonnes), Algeria (185 tonnes), Canada (146 tonnes), Saudi Arabia (95 tonnes), Mexico (67 tonnes), Uzbekistan (58 tonnes), Syria (50 tonnes), Switzerland (47 tonnes), Jordan (38 tonnes), Iraq (24 tonnes), Great Britain (22 tonnes), United Stated (19 tonnes) and etc.
Large-scale efforts and the State-deployed strategy, services and farmers have resulted into tangible outcome of fighting stink bug and celebration of high-quality harvest of 2020. Spread of the sting bug and fungal diseases had gradually dropped hazelnut production and export, which reached minimal scale of 17 tonnes in 2018.