Beginning from the 18-19 off-season, fresh blueberry imports into Georgia have been at least doubling each year. Continuing this trend in the latest off-season, Georgia has imported twice the blueberries in the 22-23 off-season than it imported in the off-season of 21-22.
2022-23 imports amounted to 55 tons, which is low considering that Georgia exported about 1350 tons last year. The trend of very quick growth in imports is apparent, and it is a good sign for the farmers thinking about producing blueberries in the off-season or for the ones that have already started production.