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Down on the Farm: Georgia Struggles to Open EU Market for Agricultural Exports
BY GIORGI LOMSADZE
Gone are the days when a female tea worker in a straw planter hat symbolized Georgia to regional neighbors, or when bottles of Georgian wine and mineral water were commonplace on the dining tables of citizens in formerly Soviet states. Barred from the Russia market, Georgia is now trying to reorient agricultural exports toward Europe. But stringent European Union quality and safety rules are proving a formidable export obstacle.
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ALMANAC FACTS
Area: 69,700 sq km
Population: 4,693,892
Capital: Tbilisi 1,253,000
President: Mikhail Saakashvili
Religion: Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian Apostolic 8%, unknown 6%
Life Expectancy: 75.62 years
GDP per capita: $2,500
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Open Society Georgia Foundation
10 Chovelidze Street
0108 Tbilisi
Georgia
Phone: (995 32) 25 05 92/93
Fax: (995 32) 29 10 52
Email: kartuli@osgf.ge
Executive Director: Mr. David Darchaishvili
Website: http://osgf.ge/
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