Dried fruits are exported to Germany by a company founded with state financing
Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, Mr. David Songulashvili, got familiar with the ongoing work process at a fruit processing enterprise in the village of Misaktsieli, Mtskheta Municipality.
The fruit processing enterprise “Caucasus Organic Fruits” was established with the financial support of the Rural Development Agency. The company benefits from the state projects: “Preferential Agrocredit” and “ Co-financing of Processing and Storage Enterprises ”. The enterprise has the capacity to produce 35 tonnes of dried fruits, for which it uses local raw materials. The products are exported and sold in Germany.
111 processing enterprises have been established within the framework of the Rural Development Agency’s project “ Co-financing of Processing and Storage Enterprises ”. The agency’s co-financing exceeds GEL 51 million. Among them, the creation of 11 processing enterprises in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region has been co-financed with GEL 5.3 million.
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Kvrivishvili, the Ministry, following the order of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, prepared the plan, and the process is already underway in the enterprises.
“With this optimization plan, the budget has saved 700 million GEL, which is due to large-scale staff optimization, as well as the reduction of procurement, service costs, and the purpose and value of certain projects. It is very important that this amount will be fully directed toward the further strengthening and improvement of the enterprises themselves and the implementation of targeted projects” – Mariam Kvrivishvili noted.
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development emphasized that the process of optimization of the state enterprises will have a huge impact on the country’s entire economy in various areas including sectoral strengthening and development.
“We are also continuing the next stages of optimization and will present new visions directly regarding the improvement and development of the sectors and enterprises. The public will be informed about the process promptly” – Mariam Kvrivishvili noted.