19 Feb 2013

Georgian wine-makers slow down entrance to the Russian market

 
 
Return of Georgian wines to the Russian shops is delayed by Georgian part. Department of Control of the Consumer Market of Russia reports that the list of 67 enterprises producers of wine and mineral water which had expressed their will (in different ways within the period of 2007-2013) to come back to the Russian market was sent to the Georgian part according to the agreement of the meeting on the 4th February 2013 with a commission leaded by L. Davitashvili, head of National Wine Agency of Georgia. Another list of companies (31 wine makers and 3 mineral water producers) which presented necessary papers of health safety and quality control to the Russian part was also given to the Georgian commission the same day. Besides in the package of documents there was a list of demanded information from the enterprises willing to enter the Russian wine market for checking. However, Georgia didn't fulfill the agreement. "We have to say that the agreement is not fulfilled by Georgia in terms of timing. Russian Department of the Consumer Market Control has already formed three groups of experts ready to leave for Georgian enterprises in a couple of days after receiving from them the necessary papers for checking. We also wait for a complete list of the enterprises from Georgian authorities as well as a proposal of the schedule and itinerary of the visits of the producers by our experts,” - says the official statement of the Department. Earlier mr. Onishenko remarked that he didn't see any real problem for Georgian wine and water to come back to Russia. “My personal position is that there is no significant problem. If there is no politics added... I don't see problems as Georgian wine-making advanced a lot during last years”, - declared the Chief Sanitary Doctor of Russia. He also said that the share of Georgian wine at the Russian market wouldn’t be big after the return, and wouldn't overpass 4%. For Georgian side 4% of Russian market can be significant, for Russian side it doesn't play a great role. Source – www.moneytimes.ru