The ban on transportation of grain by truck in Georgia is postponed  until the end of this year

ArmInfo.The Georgian government's  prohibition to transport grain by road has been prolonged until the  end of 2018. This was reported by the Armenian Embassy in Georgia.  Earlier this measure, according to the order of the Minister of  Finance of Georgia, was to enter into force on October 1.  It is  noted that by the beginning of next year the government of the  neighboring country will make appropriate changes to the decision  taken earlier.

It should be noted that Georgian wheat importers staged a large-scale  protest action. Having blocked the free economic zone in one of the  districts of Tbilisi - Lilo, the protesters demand a revision of the  government ban on import / export of wheat by road. According to the  opposition TV channel Rustavi 2, the protest action has been going on  for the second day, and the work of the FEZ in Lilo continues to be  paralyzed. Protesters promise to arrange a "real blockade" of  Georgia, paralyzing all the central highways of the country, unless  the country's authorities until the evening of September 19 will not  cancel the earlier decision to ban the importation of wheat by road.

In Armenia, however, it was estimated that the innovation would lead  to an increase in grain prices by $ 50 per ton. On August 31, it was  reported that as a result of negotiations between the South Caucasus  Railways and Georgian Railways, starting from September 1, 2018,  tariffs for transportation of goods with grain by rail to Armenia  will be reduced by 52%. According to the "SCR", the matter concerns  the supply of grain by rail from the port of Poti to Armenia.  Nevertheless, according to the forecasts of the Armenian Ministry of  Agriculture, in the event of a non-receipt from the Georgian  colleagues of a discount on the supply of grain to Armenia by rail, 1  kg of grain will rise in price by 25 drams.