Indexes
December 2024 | Agri Review
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January
2025
Apple production is mainly concentrated in the Shida Kartli region, which accounted for 71% of total production in 2023; beyond which, Mtskheta-Mtianeti contributed 8.5%, while Kvemo Kartli accounted for 7.3%.
Regarding exports, the volume rose significantly from 2.6 tons in 2019 to 11.4 tons in 2020, peaking in 2021 before steadily declining.
The primary export destinations are CIS countries, with Russia accounting for an average of 94% of apple exports between 2019 and 2024.
In contrast, the EU’s share is negligible, averaging around 1%, with no exports to the EU in half of these years.
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September 2025 | Agri Review
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October
2025
The National Statistics Office of Georgia (GeoStat) has published its second quarterly bulletin for 2025. The publication highlights that the real GDP in agriculture, forestry, and fishing decreased by 4.6% compared to the first quarter of 2024. Furthermore, agriculture contributed to 4.5% of the country’s total GDP during the first quarter of 2025.
June 2025 | Agri Review
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June
2025
In June 2025, the National Statistics Office of Georgia released its annual publication on the agricultural sector, Agriculture of Georgia 2024. According to the report, agriculture, forestry, and fishing accounted for 6.2% of GDP in 2024 – slightly below previous years, yet consistent with the general trend of recent years, during which the sector’s share averaged 7–8%.
March 2025 | Agri Review
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April
2025
The planned 2025 budget for the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture (MEPA) amounts to 808.1 million GEL (an increase of 120.1 million GEL from the amount designated in 2024). The assigned budget was predominantly distributed across the following areas
September 2024 | Agri Review
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October
2024
The National Statistics Office of Georgia (GeoStat) has published its second quarterly bulletin for 2024. The publication highlights that the real GDP in agriculture, forestry, and fishing increased by 0.7% compared to the first quarter of 2023. Furthermore, agriculture contributed to 5.3% of the country’s total GDP during the first quarter of 2024.
June 2024 | Agri Review
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June
2024
In June 2024, the National Statistics Office of Georgia issued its annual publication on the agricultural sector – Agriculture of Georgia 2023. The publication estimates that agriculture, forestry, and fishing comprised 6.9% of the GDP in 2023, which is slightly lower than in previous years, but in line with general trends over the last few years (agricultural GDP being 7-8% of GDP on average).
