Georgia: Record imports of cabbage and growth in exports of potatoes, January 2022

The first month of the current year for foreign trade in vegetables and fruits in Georgia was marked by several significant changes at once. In the vegetable segment, Georgian wholesalers managed to significantly increase the export of potatoes and garlic, while the import of cabbage reached a record high in recent years. As for fruits, in this case, there was also an increase in imports of kiwi, quince and avocados, while exports of tangerines from Georgia, on the contrary, decreased in January 2022. EF Trade Alerts. Georgia. Vegetables A surge in demand for potatoes and garlic in Georgia's neighboring countries has led to unusually high exports of these crops from the country in the first month of this year. Thus, the volume of deliveries of both potatoes and garlic from Georgia increased significantly this month, increasing to 3.7 thousand tons and 100 tons, respectively. It should be noted that such a sharp increase in export supplies could not but affect the domestic market ...