Slaughterhouses produced 13.6 thousand tons of meet in Q1 2023

The total number of active livestock and poultry slaughterhouses in Georgia in the I quarter of 2023 were 121, of which 18.2 percent were located in Kvemo Kartli region, 16.5 percent in Kakheti region, 16.5 percent in Imereti region, 14.0 percent in Shida Kartli region, 11.6 percent in SamegreloZemo Svaneti region and remained 23.1 percent in other regions:

According to the survey, 98.3 thousand head of livestock were slaughtered in slaughterhouses in the I quarter of 2023, of which 42.2 percent were cattle, 49.6 percent - pigs and 7.3 percent - sheep and goats. The share of other livestock (excluding poultry) slaughtered is 0.8 percent. In addition, the number of poultry slaughtered in slaughterhouses during the reporting period amounted to 3 290.6 thousand.

In total 13.6 thousand tons of meet (i.e. slaughtered weight, including poultry meat) was produced by slaughterhouses during the I quarter of 2023, of which 34.2 percent is beef, 43.3 percent – poultry, 21.6 percent – pork, 0.8 percent – sheep and goat meat, while the share of other meet is not significant.

The service was provided to 12.9 thousand persons, 35.5 percent of which were households. Average monthly number of persons employed in slaughterhouses equaled 1 116 persons. The average prices of the slaughter services were: 33.8 GEL per cattle, 13.8 GEL per sheep or goat and 28.9 GEL per pig.

In the I quarter of 2023 the number of active cold storage facilities in Georgia was 210 and most of them were located in Shida Kartli region (67.6 percent). Active cold storage facilities were also located in Tbilisi (13.3 percent), Kvemo Kartli region (4.8 percent), Adjara AR (4.3 percent), Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region (3.8 percent), Imereti region (3.3 percent), Kakheti (1.4 percent), Mtskheta-Mtianeti region (1.0 percent) and Samtskhe-Javakheti region (0.5 percent).

In the I quarter of 2023, the service was provided to 344 customers. The number of producers and resellers, from whom the products was purchased, amounted to 787 persons. Average monthly number of persons employed in cold storage facilities were 1 279. In total 85.3 thousand tons of products were stored in cold storage facilities during the I quarter of 2023, of which 48.2 percent was chicken meat (including frozen meat), 23.0 percent – meat and meat products (including semi-finished products, excluded chicken meat), 13.4 percent – fish, 11.7 percent – fruit and vegetable, while remaining products had a small share.