BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 20. Wheat flour imports to Georgia significantly increased in March 2022, Trend reports with reference to Georgia's Business Press News (BPN).
Georgia imported 8,724 tons of flour, worth a total of $2.5 million in March 2022, which is almost 11 times more than in the same period of 2021, amounted to 806 tons ($241,700).
Top-4 exporting countries of wheat flour to Georgia in 2021 were:
1. Russia - 8 612 tons, $2.5 million (one ton on average - $291)
2. Turkey - 92 tons, $57,400 (one ton on average -$624)
3. Italy - 12.5 tons, $14,000 (one ton on average - $1,166)
4. France - 8 tons, $10,200 (one ton on average - $1,275)
Meanwhile, Russia was the main exporter of wheat flour to Georgia in 2021, which exports accounts for 98.7 percent of total Georgia’s wheat flour imports.