Georgia exported 2,259.1 tons of fish in the first nine months of this year. In monetary terms, this year’s fish exports totaled $ 1,167.1.
Exports are divided between three countries, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia.
In the first nine months of 2020, 50.6 tons of fish worth $ 255.4 thousand were sold from Georgia to Azerbaijan. In the same period last year, 31.4 tons of fish worth 239.1 thousand dollars were exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan under the 0302 trademark, and the volume of exported fish in the first nine months of 2018 was 9.0 tons, which is equal to 56.0 thousand dollars in monetary terms.
National Statistics Office of Georgia does not specify whether these data are local exports or re-exports.
The first fishing vessel is being built in Georgia. The state financed the construction of the first Georgian fishing vessel.
The quotas for fish extraction in the Black Sea have been set. The number of fish quota resources for 2020-2021 is 109,000 tons in the case of European anchovy.
The government plans to intensify aquaculture.
Bela Gelashvili
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