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Sheep and goats: livestock, meat, milk and wool in 2016

Livestock of sheep and goats

Total amount of sheep and goats at the end of 2016 was 936,500 heads. Among them sheep number made up 875,900 heads, goats – 60,600 heads. Among the other regions Kakheti is a leader as per sheep and goats quantity (sheep – 55%, goats – 38,4%).

Region Number of Sheep (head) %
Kakheti 482,000           55.0
Kvemo Kartli 203,700           23.3
Samtskhe-Javakheti 71,800             8.2
Mtskheta-Mtianeti 61,700             7.0
Imereti 27,400             3.1
Shida Kartli 22,000             2.5
Other regions 7,400             0.8
Region Number of Goats (head) %
Kakheti                                                   23,300           38.5
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti                                                   11,300           18.7
Kvemo Kartli                                                     7,900           13.1
Imereti                                                     6,700           11.1
Guria                                                     3,500             5.8
Mtskheta-Mtianeti                                                     2,800             4.6
Samtskhe-Javakheti                                                     2,000             3.3
Other regions                                                     3,000             5.0

Export-import of sheep and goats

In 2016 up to 155,000 heads of sheep are exported from Georgia, the amount of import is insignificant.

Data Export Import
Number (head) 154,868 7,180
Total value ($) 10,194,642 372,900
Total mass (კგ.) 5,318,191 281,640
Average price of 1 head ($) 65.83 51.94
Average mass of 1 head (kg.) 34.34 39.23
Average price of 1 kg ($) 1.92 1.32

Export-import of goats is unimportant (in 2016 export was zero-rated and only 40 heads of goats were imported).

Production of meat from sheep and goats in Georgia

In 2016 the weight of meat produced in Georgia was 4,600,000 kg (slaughter weight), which made up 7% of totally produced meat (66,100,000 kg). The highest amount of meat from the regions was produced from Kakheti (2,600,000 kg., 56,5%).

Region Production of Sheep and Goat (L.) %
Kakheti                                                                          2,600,000              55.3
Kvemo Kartli                                                                              700,000              14.9
Samtskhe-Javakheti                                                                              500,000              10.6
Mtskheta-Mtianeti                                                                              200,000                 4.3
Other regions                                                                              700,000              14.9

Average prices of meat from sheep and goats

Average price of slaughter meat produced in Georgia was 9.99 GEL/kg at “Fermiskari” in 2016, average consumption price made up 11.85 GEL/kg.

Export-import of sheep and goats meat

In 2016 757 t of meat cost of 3.7 mln USD are exported from Georgia (from which the share of goat’s meat is only 0,5%).  Import is insignificant (100% sheep meat).

Data Export Import
Mass (kg.) 757,435 10,373
Value ($) 3,728,550 87,375
Avegare price($/kg.) 4.92 8.42
Production and export-import of sheep and goats milk in Georgia

Volume of sheep and goats milk received in 2016 was 9,900,000 l, which made up 1.8% of totally produced milk (including the milk received from cows and female buffalos: 540,100,000 l).

Region Production of Sheep and Goat (L.) %
Kakheti                                                                      5,200,000   53.1
Kvemo Kartli                                                                      2,500,000   25.5
Samtskhe-Javakheti                                                                         800,000     8.2
Mtskheta-Mtianeti                                                                         400,000     4.1
Other regions                                                                         900,000     9.2
Production according regions:

The export-import of sheep and goats milk for 2016 is zero-rated.

Production of sheep wool in Georgia

In 2016 the total weight of the received sheep wool made up 2,000,000 kg. Among the regions Kakheti is a leader, it received 1,100,000 kg wool (55.0%), it is followed by Kvemo Kartli – 500,000 t, Samtskhe-Javakheti – 200 t and Mtskheta-Mtianeti – 100 t, other regions received totally 100 t of wool.

Average shorn wool

Average shorn wool per 1 head of sheep is 2.4 kg. This rate fluctuates from 2.3 to 2.8 kg.

Average price of wool

In 2016 average price for wool according to its quality at “Fermiskari” was 0.80-1.00 GEL/kg.

Export-import of wool

In 2016 more than 1mln kg of wool is exported from Georgia, import is zero-rated.

Data Export  Import
Mass (kg.) 1,061,708
Value ($) 539,108
Average price of 1 kg.($/kg.) 0.51

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The article is based on the data  of  National Statistics Office of Georgia and Ministry of Finance of Georgia

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