The deadline for obtaining a license to produce tobacco in Georgia, which was set at January 1, 2025, has been pushed back until January 20,26  

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License Tobacco Production Delayed

passed last year made tobacco production a licensed activity. Companies had pay 50,000 GEL (around $13,500 USD) for the license.

The new rules also required companies to set specialized laboratories to test tobacco products. However, many of the necessary equipment cannot be found in Georgia.

Setting up these labs is taking longer than expected. Companies need time and money to find the equipment from abroad and install it.

Because of this, has proposed a 9-month delay. The original deadline was January , 2025. It will now be January 1, 2026.

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