In early-2021, Georgia exported the highest volumes of beer to Israel, Russia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, and Singapore. In the first quarter of 2021, Georgia exported 600,000 dollar value worth of beer. In January, the country sold 94,000 dollars worth of beer, 318,000 dollars worth in February, and 189,000 dollars worth in March. The exported amounts in this time period have reduced by 13.3% if compared to those of the last month.
In the first quarter of 2021, Azerbaijan imported 68.058 tons of beer worth $62.3 thousand from Georgia, which exceed the imported amounts in 2020 by 10,558 tons or 18.3%.
Georgia exported 340,311 liters of beer ($324.08 thousand) to Azerbaijan last year, which is 10,654 liters or 3% less than the exported amounts in 2019. The price of total Georgian beer exports (350.97 liters) in 2019 amounts to $389.27 thousand.
As for beer export amounts in 2020, Georgia exported $5 mln worth 5 492.6 tons of beer. Annual exported volumes increased by 45.1% _ in 2019, the country exported 4,203.3 tons of beer worth $3.4 mln. Georgia sold the highest dollar value worth of beer during the pandemic in China.
The top ten Georgian beer exporting countries in 2020 are as follow:
1. China - $1.9 mln, 1 885 tons;
2. Israel - $1.0 mln, 865 tons;
3. Russia - $767,000, 1 086.1 tons.
4. Malta - $344.2 thousand, 263.4 tons.
5. Azerbaijan - $324.1 thousand, 340.3 tons.
6. Armenia - $170.3 thousand, 343.5 tons.
7. Moldova - $104.4 thousand, 258 tons.
8. Latvia - $93.9 thousand, 69.9 tons.
9. Poland - $80.6 thousand, 86.4 tons.
10. Estonia - $45.9 thousand, 141.5 tons.
Georgia sold small amounts of beer in the US, Uzbekistan, Belgia, Hong-Kong, Lithuania, Sweden, Japan, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia.
