This year, in April, eggplant prices increased by 52%. BM.GE was interested in where Georgia buys eggplant, which ranks third among the most expensive products.
Georgia purchased 1,808 tons of eggplant worth $1.3 million in the first 3 months of this year. While in the same period last year, Georgia purchased 2,039 tons of eggplant, for which it paid $1.5 million.
As of these data, Georgia's eggplant imports decreased by 11.3%.
This year, eggplants came to Georgia from 3 countries. Among them, Georgia purchased the most eggplants from Turkey, the value of the imported 1,523 tons of products was $1.1 million. However, during this period, a decrease in imports from this market is observed. In the same period last year, Georgia purchased 1,978 tons of eggplant worth $1.4 million. This means that the country's eggplant imports from Turkey decreased by 23%.
The list of countries importing Georgian eggplant is as follows (2025/January-March):
Turkey - $1.1 million, 1,523 tons;
Iran - $208 thousand, 285 tons;
France - $18 thousand, 100 kg.
