Slaughterhouses produced 14.3 thousand tons of meet in Q1 2024

The total number of active livestock and poultry slaughterhouses in Georgia in the II quarter of 2024 were 114, of which 18.4 percent were located in Kakheti region, 15.8 percent in Imereti region, 14.9 percent in Kvemo Kartli region, 14.9 percent in Shida Kartli region, 9.6 percent in SamegreloZemo Svaneti region, 9.6 percent in Mtskheta-Mtianeti region and the remaining 16.7 percent in other regions.

According to the survey, 115.0 thousand heads of livestock were slaughtered in slaughterhouses in the II quarter of 2024, of which 34.6 percent were cattle, 56.7 percent - pigs and 6.8 percent - sheep and goats. The share of other livestock (excluding poultry) slaughtered is 1.9 percent. In addition, the number of poultry slaughtered in slaughterhouses during the reporting period amounted to 3 038.4 thousand.

In total 14.3 thousand tons of meet (i.e. slaughtered weight, including poultry meat) was produced by slaughterhouses during the I quarter of 2024, of which 31.8 percent is beef, 34.8 percent – poultry, 32.3 percent – pork, 1.1 percent – mutton and goat meat, while the share of other meet is negligible.

The service was provided to 8.4 thousand persons, 47.1 percent of which were households. Average monthly number of persons employed in slaughterhouses equaled 1 040 persons. The average prices of the slaughter services were: 36.6 GEL per cattle, 31.7 GEL per pig, and 15.3 GEL per sheep or goat.

In the II quarter of 2024 the number of active cold storage facilities in Georgia was 218 and most of them were located in Shida Kartli region (43.6 percent). Active cold storage facilities were also located in Tbilisi (16.1 percent), Kakheti region (12.4 percent), Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region (8.3 percent), Imereti region (6.0 percent), Kvemo Kartli region (5.5 percent), Adjara AR (4.1 percent), Mtskheta-Mtianeti region (1.4 percent), Guria region (1.4 percent) Samtskhe-Javakheti region (0.9 percent) and Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region (0.5 percent).

In the II quarter of 2024, the service was provided to 387 customers. The number of producers and resellers, from whom the products were purchased, amounted to 832 persons. Average monthly number of persons employed in cold storage facilities was 1 372.

In total 92.8 thousand tons of products were stored in cold storage facilities during the II quarter of 2024, of which 42.1 percent was chicken meat (including frozen meat), 9.2 percent – fruits and vegetables, 20.0 percent – meat and meat products (including semi-finished products, excluded chicken meat), 13.0 percent – fish, 10.6 percent - milk products and 5.1 percent other products.

In the II quarter of 2024, the share of own production in the total volume of products stored in cold storage facilities was 14.9 percent, while the share of products purchased for further resale was 17.8 percent and the share of products stored as services was 67.3 percent. The service fee at the same period amounted to 7.8 million GEL.

In the II quarter of 2024, the total cost of products (22.6 thousand tones) sold by cold storage facilities amounted to 134.4 million GEL, of which the share of imported products was 24.4 percent, share of own production was 24.8 percent and the share of products (local) purchased for resale was 50.8 percent. Herewith, 45.1 percent of own production sold by cold storage facilities was chicken meat. Significant share of imported products was chicken meat (including frozen) (35.4 percent), meat and meat products (including semi-finished products) (33.0 percent) and fish (10.8 percent).

In the II quarter of 2024, the value of products sold by cold storage facilities on the foreign market amounted to 6.8 million GEL, which constituted to 5.0 percent of the total value of products sold in the same period. Mostly chicken meat, fish, fruits and vegetables were sold on the foreign markets.

According to the survey results, the average daily load per storage (out of total storage capacity in percentage) was 49.0 percent in April, 56.5 percent in May and 47.1 percent in June.

The total number of active elevators in Georgia in the II quarter of 2024 were 29 and most of them were located in Kvemo Kartli (31.0 percent) and in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti regions (17.2 percent), while 13.8 percent of active elevators were located in Imereti region, 10.3 percent in Kakheti region, 10.3 percent in Tbilisi, 10.3 percent in Shida Kartli region, 6.9 percent in Guria region.

In the II quarter of 2024, the service was provided to 13 customers. The number of producers and resellers, from whom the product were purchased for resale, was 41 persons, while the average monthly number of persons employed in cold storage facilities equaled 379.

In total 95.0 thousand tons of products were stored in elevators during the II quarter of 2024, 34.3 percent of which was wheat. The share of products purchased by the elevators for resale in the total amount of products stored in the elevators was 64.3 percent at the same period.

Total amount of products sold by the elevators during the II quarter of 2024 amounted to 64.8 thousand tones (total value – 80.7 million GEL), 63.1 percent of which was imported production. The biggest share among own production, in terms of volume as well as value, had wheat flour, which constituted to 86.5 percent of total own production sold by the elevators at the same period. According to survey results, average daily load per storage (out of total capacity of storages in percentage) amounted to 48.0 percent in April, 47.0 percent in May and 47.9 percent in June.