Georgia purchased 2 364.4 tons of lemons and limes, cost of 999.2 thousand USD in 7 months of 2021.
According to the official statistics, the volume of imported products was down by 83.1 tons in total, so Georgia paid 25.7% less compared to the same period of the last year (7months, 2020 – 1.4 million USD; 2 448.5 tons).
Turkey was the main import market for lemons and limes for Georgia during this period. However, it should be noted that the value of the product imported from Georgia's main trading partner lags behind the value of lemons and limes imported from other markets. For example, if 371.7 thousand USD were spent to buy 1,738.2 tons of goods from Turkey in 7 months, Georgia bought 109.3 tons of lemons and limes in the Netherlands for 307.5 thousand USD.
The main import countries of lemon and lime in January-July are as follows:
1. Turkey - 371.6 thousand USD, 1 738.2 tons;
2. Netherlands - 307.5 thousand USD, 109.3 tons;
3. Egypt - 257 thousand USD, 403.3 tons;
4. South Africa - 43.6 thousand USD, 89.5 tons;
5. Argentina - 19.3 thousand USD, 24 tons.
In addition to that, Georgia sold 774.5 tons of lemons and limes worth 629.3 thousand USD in export markets during the same period. Exports are almost halved compared to January-July last year (7 months of 2020 - $ 1.1 million, 1,511.6 tons).
Among the export markets are Armenia (584.2 thousand USD, 745.4 tons), Germany (28.8 thousand USD, 4.8 tons), Turkey (14.4 thousand USD, 22.2 tons) and Russia (1.7 thousand USD, 2 tons). Small quantities of lemons and limes were also exported to Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates.
