Georgia more than doubled imports of sweet potatoes

Published 2022년 7월 19일

Tridge summary

Georgia has seen a significant increase in the import of sweet potatoes in the first half of 2022, with a total of 41 tons imported, which is double the amount imported during the same period in 2021. Since 2014, there has been a consistent annual increase in sweet potato imports into Georgia, with the majority of the imports being sourced from the Netherlands. If the current import trend continues, Georgia is expected to import over 100 tons of sweet potatoes by the end of 2022.

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EastFruit analysts note that sweet potatoes are becoming popular in Georgia. Monthly imports were a record almost every month in 2022. The total volume of sweet potato imports may seem small, but there is a clear upward trend. Last year, Georgia imported 54 tons of sweet potatoes for the whole year, and this year, only for the first half of the year, imports are 41 tons. This volume is 2.4 times higher than imports for the same period in 2021. True, overall demand in Georgia was weak in 2021 due to pandemic concerns, but sweet potato imports have been on an annualized increase for some time now, and this growth has not been stopped even in 2021. Since 2014, Georgia has been buying more and more yam from abroad every year. Annual imports of sweet potatoes have grown by ...

Source: Eastfruit