30/06/2022
09:49
Economic
"Both almonds and walnuts are a new industry to us. In the past, our ancestors used to collect walnuts and sell them, but it has never had such an orderly industrial function," - Tornike Latatia, the founder of the Almond and Walnut Producer Association, told Radio Commersant. According to him, the trends through which these industries operate in the other countries are new for Georgia.
"Today we are at the stage, where we need to identify the markets correctly, we mean high-paying markets, where we can sell our products; it is important to introduce ourselves to these markets as a country producing high quality almonds and walnuts," - said Tornike Latatia.
The Head of the Association notes that the cooperation with the Ministry has already begun. For example, the Walnut and Almond Association, together with the Ministry, was present at an exhibition in Baku, where they met with the potential "traders" and talked about how much almonds and walnuts can be exported.
Latatia also underscored that, in addition to the exports, there are companies in Georgia, including foreign ones, that invest in walnut and almond crops. However, as he says, it is not necessary to attract foreign investment, since this industry is developing rapidly with the Georgian capital."
Latatia also spoke about the almond exporting countries and noted that the highest purchasing power countries are Germany, France, Italy and Britain. Although the almonds grown in Georgia have not yet entered the international market, its export potential will appear this year and the Georgian almonds will be exported to the EU countries. The founder of the Association says that 90% of the cultivated almond varieties are European, and there are also American almond varieties in Georgia. According to Latatia, this is happening, because the almonds grown in Georgia are acceptable for the international market.
As for the almond and walnut processing enterprises, Tornike Latatia says that in the case of walnuts, there are several enterprises in Georgia, and two almond processing enterprises are already operating.
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