67.4% of chocolate is imported to Georgia from Russia and Ukraine

06/04/2022

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In 2021, a total of 19,709 tons (valued at 54.733 million US dollars) of chocolate was imported to Georgia, out of which 64.7% came from Russia and Ukraine. According to the National Statistics Office of Georgia-Geostat, 10,935 tons (valued at $ 25.745 million) of products from Russia and 4,075 tons (valued at $ 11.183 million) from Ukraine was imported to the country.

As for other countries, the list of importing countries is as follows:

Turkey - 1,539 tons ($ 5.214 million);
Belgium - 762 tons ($ 3,063 million);
Italy - 738.2 tons ($ 2.337 million);
Azerbaijan - 439 tons ($ 1.049 million);
Germany - 433.2 tons ($ 1.530 million).

In addition, chocolate was imported to Georgia from the following countries: Armenia, Poland, the Netherlands, Turkmenistan, Belarus, France, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria and others.

It should be noted that in the first two months of this year (January-February), 2,605 tons (valued at $ 8.435 million) of chocolate was delivered to Georgia, out of which, 1,295 tons (valued at $ 3.595 million) came from Russia and 590.1 tons (valued at $ 1.940 million) from Ukraine.

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