The number everything follows from
According to Geostat, Georgia's self-sufficiency in wheat stood at about 19% in 2025. The rest of the grain comes from outside. That means the cost of flour inside the country is tied to external wheat prices, to logistics and to the exchange rate — not only to the work of the mill.
What this changes in practice
- Price moves in waves. A jump in world quotations reaches the bag with a lag of weeks, not days. Fixing the price for a month under contract is a real planning tool.
- Stock beats a discount. A supplier holding goods in a warehouse inside the country closes a supply gap better than one whose «shipment is in transit».
- Origin has to be separated out. «Milled in Georgia» and «grown in Georgia» are different things, and an honest supplier states the origin of the grain in the batch specification.
How to question a supplier
Three questions that save money: where do you mill, how much stock is in the warehouse right now, and what happens if a batch does not meet the figures. «We will bring it when we can» is also an answer.
Our warehouses in Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi exist for exactly one reason: to put a buffer between the external market and your oven.