NBG President, Finance Minister meet IMF Deputy Managing Director
President of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) Natia Turnava and Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili met Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Bo LI within the framework of the annual spring meetings of the NBG and IMF.
The sides reviewed Georgia’s fiscal and monetary policies, ongoing and scheduled reforms, cooperation with the IMF and future plans.
The meeting participants touched on the current geopolitical challenges and the scenarios developed by the IMP in light of the Middle East crisis, in relation to global and regional economic development trends.
Deputy Finance Ministers Giorgi Kakauridze and Ekaterine Guntsadze, Georgian Ambassador to the U.S. Tamar Taliashvili, Department Head for Public Debt Management at the MOF Irakli Kacharava, NBG Vice President Ekaterine Mikaberidze, Ekaterine Galdava and Nino Jeladze and NBG’s Department Head of Macroeconomics and Statistics Tamta Sopromadze attended the meeting.
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Wheat production decreases, while barley increases in 2025 - GeoStat
15.04.2026.17:21
According to preliminary data for 2025 from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (GeoStat), wheat production decreased by 3.6 per cent compared to the same period last year, reaching 143.7 thousand tonnes. Barley production, on the other hand, increased by 24.8 per cent year-on-year, amounting to 60.4 thousand tonnes. Maize production stood at 200.2 thousand tonnes, representing a 5.3 per cent decline compared to the same period in 2024. Potato production fell by 6.1 per cent, totalling 207.9 thousand tonnes. Additionally, vegetable production amounted to 146.3 thousand tonnes, reflecting an increase of 8.9 per cent compared to 2024.
GeoStat reported that the average yields of potatoes and vegetables have declined compared to the previous year, while the average yields of barley and maize have risen.
According to the survey results, the average yield of wheat was 2.9 t/ha, the average yield of barley was 2.7 t/ha, the average yield of maize was 3.1 t/ha, the average yield of potato was 14.5 t/ha, and the average yield of vegetables was 10.6 t/ha.
At the same time, the GeoStat reports that in 2025, sown areas of annual crops amounted to 184.3 thousand hectares, which is 3.8 per cent less than the same period of the previous year. However, the sown area of winter crops decreased by 1.3% and consisted of 60.4 thousand hectares, and the sown area of spring crops decreased by 4.9% and consisted of 123.9 thousand hectares.
The sown area of maize took the biggest share in the sown areas of annual crops and equalled 65.3 thousand hectares. Sown area of wheat was 49.4 thousand hectares, sown area of barley – 24.0 thousand hectares, sown area of potato – 14.3 thousand hectares, sown areas of fodder crops – 10.3 thousand hectares, sown area of vegetables – 10.8 thousand hectares and sown areas of the remaining crops 10.2 thousand hectares.
According to the preliminary data, in 2025, 205.6 thousand tons of fruit (except grapes and citrus) were produced in the country, which is 15.6 per cent less than in the same period of the previous year. As for the distribution of fruits by species during the reference period, 72.3 thousand tons of pome fruit were produced, which is 19.3 per cent less than in the same period of the previous year.
Production of stone fruit consisted of 53.3 thousand tons (30.5% lower), production of nuts – 53.9 thousand tons (2.7% higher), production of subtropical fruit – 17.4 thousand tons (1.2% higher) and Berries – 8.7 thousand tons (16.0% higher).
In 2025, grape production reached 347.4 thousand tonnes, marking an 8.3 per cent increase compared to the previous year, while citrus production amounted to 55.0 thousand tonnes, a slight decrease of 0.4 per cent from the previous year.