The total number of active elevators in Georgia in 3Q2021 was 50 and most of them were located in Kakheti region (48.0%), - show the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
According to the reprot, 22.0% of active elevators were located in Kvemo Kartli region, 14.0% in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, 8.0% in Shida Kartli, 4.0% in Tbilisi, 2.0% in Imereti and 2.0% in Guria region. In 3Q2021, the service was provided to 20 customers. The number of producers and resellers, from whom the product were purchased, was 140 persons, while the average monthly number of persons employed in cold storage facilities equaled 732.
In total 106.3 thousand tons of products were stored in elevators during 3Q2021, 83.0 % of which was wheat. The share of products purchased by the elevators for resale in the total amount of products stored in the elevators was 89.9 % at the same period.
Total amount of products sold by the elevators during the III quarter of 2021 amounted 70.4 thousand tones (total cost - 69.5 million GEL), 75.0 % of which was own production. The biggest share among own production had wheat flour, which consist 80.5 % of total own production sold by the elevators at the same period.
“ According to survey results, average daily load per storage (out of total capacity of storages in percent) amounted to 40.2 % in July, 39.8 percent in August and 36.6 % in September”, - the report reads.
