Georgia's growth in August for the imports of tomatoes, carrots, and potatoes

August for Georgia brought quite unexpected changes in the trade in fruits and vegetables, especially in the vegetable segment. So, in addition to a sharp increase in imports of carrots and potatoes, Georgia for the first time in the past few years has imported a fairly significant volume of greenhouse tomatoes. Meanwhile, the country's import of melons also rose sharply, albeit staying below the 2019 record high. EF Trade Alerts. Georgia. Greenhouse vegetables Although the volume of imports of greenhouse tomatoes in August 2021 was relatively low, the very fact of the import of these vegetables from abroad in the last month of summer became almost a sensation for the Georgian sector, since before that in August there were practically no tomatoes imported to Georgia. In total, over the specified month, Georgian importers imported over half a thousand tons of greenhouse tomatoes, and almost all of this volume was imported into the country from Turkey. Imports of Turkish tomatoes to ...