In Georgia, approximately 75,000 tons of chicken meat are consumed annually, with Georgian production accounting for only 30-32%.
Zurab Uchumbegashvili, head of the Georgian Poultry Development Association and founder of the company "Kumisi," said on "Commersant" radio that imported chicken is supplied at such an unfair and low price that local producers cannot compete with it. Consequently, there is no interest in increasing production volumes.
Regarding egg production, in Zurab Uchumbegashvili’s words, the situation is relatively stable, and Georgian production fully meets the country's needs.
"In 2023, 60 million eggs were imported, in 2024- 12 million. Consequently, demand for local production has surged. If we increase production now, it's possible that next year the import volumes will complicate the situation for us. It often happens that imports are brought in at a significantly lower price because they cannot sell domestically, they have a surplus of products, they are perishable, and they no longer look at the price, but as a result, local producers suffer. "Previously, there was a Ukraine factor, but after the war, Turkey escalated its aggressive pricing strategy against us. Now, they're shipping so much to the US that we are no longer a priority for them”, Zurab Uchumbegashvili points out on Commersant radio.
He also mentioned that Georgian producers have actually produced more eggs this year than they did last year, and if this stability continues, we’ll not see a shortage or rising prices.
