| Private sector and human-resource development in Georgia |
During
1994-2001 Georgia was a net exporter of tea, although it also was a substantial
importer and the balance of trade appears to be turning against Georgia (Table
5, Figure 4). In the early and mid 1990s the major importers of Georgian tea
were in the FSU, but since 1997 geographic coverage has widened as processors
developed new markets. Exports of Georgia tea to US, Germany, and Poland show
an increase (Table 6).
Tea
remains an important cash crop among rural households in most of West Georgia.
The share of households in total tealeaf production in 1999 was 43 percent, in
2000, 34 percent, and 93 percent in 2001 (Table 7).
Table 1.
Land under Tea Plantations, 2001
|
Region
|
District
|
Total
Agricultural Land, ha
|
Total Area under
Tea Plantations,
ha
|
Area of Tea
Plantations
Damaged, ha
|
Area of Usable
Plantations,
ha
|
Percent of Plantations
Damaged, %
|
Share of the
Region in total agricultural land of Georgia
|
Area of Land
under Tea as Percent of Total Agricultural Land in Region
|
Ajara
|
Regional Total
|
9590
|
5,518
|
1,674
|
3,844
|
30%
|
1.70
|
58
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Samegrelo
|
Zugdidi
|
10,169
|
5,061
|
654
|
4,407
|
13%
|
1.80
|
50
|
|
Martvili
|
9,334
|
2,721
|
330
|
2,391
|
12%
|
1.65
|
29
|
|
Senaki
|
9,699
|
1,202
|
324
|
878
|
27%
|
1.72
|
12
|
|
Chkhorotsku
|
4,830
|
2,492
|
463
|
2,029
|
19%
|
0.86
|
52
|
|
Tsalenjikha
|
3,886
|
2,993
|
0
|
2,993
|
0%
|
0.69
|
77
|
|
Abasha
|
9,654
|
67
|
67
|
0
|
100%
|
1.71
|
1
|
|
Khobi
|
10,340
|
1,438
|
0
|
1,438
|
0%
|
1.83
|
14
|
|
Regional Total
|
58524
|
15974
|
1838
|
14136
|
12
|
10.37
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guria
|
Ozurgeti
|
5,501
|
7,358
|
890
|
6,468
|
12%
|
0.97
|
|
|
Lanchkhuti
|
7,864
|
1,988
|
445
|
1,543
|
22%
|
1.39
|
25
|
|
Chokhatauri
|
3,720
|
1,786
|
518
|
1,268
|
29%
|
0.66
|
48
|
|
Regional Total
|
17085
|
15,974
|
1,838
|
14,136
|
12%
|
3.03
|
65
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Imereti
|
Tskaltubo
|
12,025
|
1,141
|
385
|
756
|
34%
|
2.13
|
9
|
|
Tkibuli
|
3,811
|
1,073
|
200
|
873
|
19%
|
0.68
|
28
|
|
Chiatura
|
7,323
|
246
|
38
|
208
|
15%
|
1.30
|
3
|
|
Vani
|
5,335
|
130
|
70
|
60
|
54%
|
0.95
|
2
|
|
Zestafoni
|
6,127
|
38
|
0
|
38
|
0%
|
1.09
|
1
|
|
Terjola
|
7,741
|
120
|
39
|
81
|
33%
|
1.37
|
2
|
|
Samtredia
|
8,103
|
380
|
0
|
380
|
0%
|
1.44
|
5
|
|
Khoni
|
6,971
|
1,544
|
790
|
754
|
51%
|
1.23
|
22
|
|
Regional Total
|
73065
|
11,132
|
1,853
|
9,279
|
17%
|
12.94
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Georgia, Excluding Abkhazeti
|
TOTAL
|
564,518
|
37,296
|
6,887
|
30,409
|
18%
|
28%
|
7
|
Source: State Department of Statistics of Georgia, author's
estimates. The data for Ozurgeti clearly contain an error.
Table 2. Annual Tea Leaf Production in
Georgia, 1985-2001
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