BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 13
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
Georgia bought 36.8 tons of sturgeon/salmon caviar and its substitutes worth $739,500 in 2020, Trend reports referring to the National Statistics Office (Geostat).
This figure is reduced by 31.7 percent compared to 2019 imports ($1.1 million - 48.8 tons).
The share of sturgeon caviar in imported goods was $77,900 in 2020, while in 2019 - $94,500.
As for salmon caviar and its substitutes, last year country spent $66,600 to buy 36.6 tons of products.
Georgia bought sturgeon caviar mainly from Italy ($68,000), Latvia ($3,800), China ($3,6000) and Germany ($2,400), as for the salmon caviar and its substitutes, the main import market is Russia:
1. Russia - $477,700;
2. Belarus - $84,900;
3. Ukraine - $55,800;
4. US - $17,900;
5. Germany - $14,100;
6. France - $6,000;
7. Moldova - $5,200.
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