In 2024, 39 elevators were active in Georgia. Most of those elevators were located in Kvemo Kartli region (25.6 percent) and in Kakheti region (23.1 percent). The active elevators were also located in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region (12.8 percent), in Imereti region (12.8 percent), in Tbilisi (12.8 percent), in Shida Kartli region (7.7 percent), and in Guria region (5.1 percent), - according to the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
In 2024 service was provided to 30 customers. The number of producers and resellers, from whom the product was purchased for resale, totaled to 118, while the annual average number of employed persons in cold storage facilities equaled 441. In 2024, 464.5 thousand tons of products were stored in elevators. 61.3 percent of these products was wheat, 19.1 percent was soybeans grist, 8.2 percent was wheat flour, and 8.0 percent was corn. The share of the rest of products were negligible.
In 2024, 280.1 thousand tones of products (with total value of 326.3 million GEL) was sold by elevators. 32.9 percent of this amount in terms of value was local (own) production. Expenses on processing and storage of products by elevators equaled 4.6 million GEL. Most of local (own) production by volume and value was wheat flour (81.8 of value of products sold by elevators), and bran (11.9 percent). According to the survey results, average daily loading of the availability storages was 50.2 percent in January, 48.4 percent in February, 46.7 percent in March, 48.3 percent in April, 47.1 percent in May, 46.3 percent in June, 51.4 percent in July, 47.5 percent in August, 49.3 percent in September, 54.7 percent in October, 54.2 percent in November, and 53.1 percent in December.
46.2 percent of the elevators are fully equipped with modern equipment, 38.5 percent are equipped partly and 15.4 percent are not equipped with modern technologies at all. 41.0 percent of the elevator use loans. Half of those elevators use loans to purchase fixed capital (including both purchase new equipment or improve the old ones), 37.5 percent use loan to finance working capital, and 12.5 percent use loan for both.
