The total number of active elevators in Georgia in the I quarter of 2026 was 31 and most of them were located in Kvemo Kartli (35.5 percent) region, while 16.1 percent of active elevators were located in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, 16.1 percent in Kakheti region, 12.9 percent in Shida Kartli region, 9.7 percent in Tbilisi, 6.5 percent in Imereti region and 3.2 percent in Guria region, - according to the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Total amount of products sold by the elevators during the I quarter of 2026 amounted to 59.9 thousand tons with total value of 61.0 million GEL. 31.6 percent of this value was imported production and 59.3 percent was local (own produced) products. The biggest share in own production, in terms of volume as well as value, had wheat flour, which constituted to 80.8 percent of total own production sold by the elevators in the same period.
According to survey results, average daily load of storages (out of total capacity of storages in percentage) amounted to 50.9 percent in January, 46.7 percent in February and 47.5 percent in March.
In the I quarter of 2026, the service was provided to 21 customers. The number of producers and resellers, from whom the product were purchased for resale, was 49 persons, while the average monthly number of persons employed in elevators equaled 439.
In total 91.0 thousand tons of products were stored in elevators during the I quarter of 2026, 65.5 percent of which was wheat and 16.8 percent – soybean meal. The share of products purchased by the elevators for resale in the total amount of products stored in the elevators was 82.9 percent in the same period.
According to survey results, average daily load of storages (out of total capacity of storages in percentage) amounted to 50.9 percent in January, 46.7 percent in February and 47.5 percent in March.
