BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 30
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
In 2019, number of active economic agents (legal entities) engaged in organization of food markets amounted to 208 in Georgia, Trend reports referring to Georgian National Statistics Office (Geostat).
As reported, some 30.8 percent of them located in Tbilisi, while 20.7 percent located in Imereti region, 12 percent in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, 12 percent – Kakheti region, 7.2 percent - Kvemo Kartli region, 5.3 percent – Adjara region, 4.3 percent – Shida Kartli region, 2.9 percent – Samtskhe-Javakheti region, 1.9 percent – Guria region, 1.9 percent – Mtskheta-Mtianeti region and 1 percent – RachaLechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region.
In 2019, markets organized by these economic agents were located on 2 million square meters of area, the length of which reached 53,100 meters, of which 65.7 percent located inside of buildings.
In 2019, trade of food and nonfood goods is carried out by the economic agents on a territory of active markets in Georgia . Some 32.2 percent of markets sell only non-food goods. One market sells only food products, three markets sell with cars also while five markets sell poultry.
In the reporting period income of economic agents engaged organization of markets amounted 166.5 million lari ($54.2 million). Total expenditures of economic agents engaged organization of markets amounted 99.6 million lari ($32.4 million), of which 29.3 million lari ($9.5 million) accounted for salaries of those employed.
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