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TBC Research updated its forecast, decreasing estimated rate of Georgia’s economic growth in 2019 to 4.3%. Previous forecast made up 5%.

In the next few months, lari exchange rate will strengthen to 2.8 GEL/USD or even more, TBC Research declared.

Analysts of the company explained that further global strengthening of the US dollar is less probable, while environment on international markets in respect of attraction of credit resources is quite favorable.

“We prepared two programs in order to assist small and medium businessmen, who are engaged in the sector of tourism”, Georgia’s Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze declared.

The Premier specified that the first program envisages support to construction of hotels, being underway, in which regard there is a risk that it will be suspended.

National Committee on Assistance to International Trade held in Georgian Finance Ministry its first meeting today.

As the Ministry reported, participants of the meeting discussed obligations, envisaged by agreement on assistance to trade, course of their fulfillment, new customs legislation and issues, related to introduction of institute of authorized economic operator.

Levan Mekhuzla, head of Georgian National Wine Agency, declared that certain difficulties are expected during rtveli (vintage) this year. During recent period, multiple negative expectations arose on the market, which could negatively affect the private sector’s activity, he explained.

“This year, we can already surely say that settlement of problem of marmorated stink bug [Halyomorpha halys, the pest] approaches the end”, Georgia’s Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze declared at the meeting with hazelnut producers in Zugdidi (Samegrelo region). “This year is critical”, he pointed.

Georgia’s Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Turnava declared that 3-year program of gas installation is continued, within which natural gas will be installed in 226 settlements of the country.

According to the Minister, that number includes 29 settlements in Imereti region, where 5,150 families reside.

Georgian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture reported that within the unified agroproject, hazelnut-processing enterprise Geo-Nuts was created in Zugdidi municipality (Samegrelo region).

According to the Ministry, investments in the enterprise amounted to 2.78 million lari, including grant of 600,000 lari and preferential agrocredit of 1.21 million lari.