Financing Conditions

Program participants will be reimbursed for 70% of the rehabilitation costs of a tea plantation* owned by them or leased from the state. The maximum amount is 2,500 GEL per hectare.

Selection Criteria for Participants

• The rehabilitated tea plantation area owned by the participant or selected by the program beneficiary for lease from the state must be at least 3 hectares and no more than 300 hectares.
• The participant must be able to cover at least 30% of the rehabilitation costs, which must be confirmed by a bank statement/certificate proving the availability of funds.
• At the time of contract signing, the participant must not have any outstanding tax liabilities or be registered in the debtor’s registry.
• The tea plantation must not be subject to a mortgage, lien, usufruct rights, or any legal obligation/restriction.

Participant Obligations

• The participant must complete the submitted agro-technological plan* within 36 months from the effective date of the co-financing agreement.
• Starting 36 months after the agreement takes effect, for the next two years, the participant must meet the production plan* with at least: 2,000 kg of raw tea leaves per hectare; 1,000 kg of raw tea leaves per hectare in the case of organic tea cultivation.
• If the tea plantation is leased from the state, every 5 years, the participant must submit an expert report from the "Samkharauli Forensic Bureau" to the "National Agency of State Property," confirming the annual tea production.
• As a guarantee of obligation fulfillment, the rehabilitated tea plantation must be mortgaged in favor of the agency before receiving co-financing. If the participant's rehabilitated area is not allocated a separate cadastral code, the entire plantation (under a unified cadastral code) will be mortgaged.

*Note – Definition of Terms