January-February 2018:
Georgia’s external trade with EU up 10.8%, with CIS up 26.5%
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Georgia is increasing its role as an important trade partner for the European Union (EU), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and other countries.
In January-February 2018, trade turnover with EU countries increased by 10.8 percent and with CIS countries by 26.5 percent year-on-year (y/y), says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
In the reporting period trade turnover with EU countries amounted to $446.5 million, while with the CIS counties external trade of Georgia reached $620.2 million.
Overall, Georgia’s top 10 trade partners in January-February 2018 made for 68.8 percent of the country’s total trade turnover, with Turkey ($242.8 million), Russia ($198.6 million) and Azerbaijan ($182.2 million) filling the top three spots.
What are Georgia's main exports?
Georgia's top exported commodities in January-February 2018 were:
- Copper ores and concentrates (worth $75 million, or 16.8 percent of total exports)
- Ferro-alloys (worth $48.9 million, or 11 percent of total exports)
- Motor cars (worth $38 million, or 8.5 percent of total exports)
Share of major commodity groups by exports in January-February 2018. Image from Geostat.
What are Georgia's main imports?
Georgia's top imported commodities were:
- Petroleum and petroleum oils (worth $109 million, or 8.8 percent of total imports)
- Petroleum gases (worth $95.8 million or 7.7 percent of total imports)
- Motor cars (worth $66.9 million, or 5.4 percent of total imports)
Share of major commodity groups by imports in January-February 2018. Image from Geostat.
*More about External Trade of Georgia can be found here.
Georgia is strengthening its trade relations with the European Union (EU), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and other countries. Last month, trade turnover with European Union (EU) countries increased by 6.6 percent year-on-year (y/y) and amounted to $211.5 million.
Turkey, Russia and China are Georgia’s top trade partners in 2017, shows the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). Georgia’s top 10 trade partners in 2017 made for 66.7 percent of the country’s total trade turnover, with Turkey, Russia and China filling the top three spots.
Copper ores and concentrates, ferro-alloys and motor cars were Georgia’s top exported commodities in January-November 2017, shows the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Turkey, Russia and China are Georgia’s top trade partners this year, shows the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). Georgia’s top 10 trade partners in January-October 2017 made for 66.1 percent of the country’s total trade turnover.
Turkey, Russia and Azerbaijan are Georgia’s top trade partners this year, shows the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). Overall, Georgia’s external trade grew by 23.3 percent this year and reached $2.82 billion in January-March 2018.
Georgia’s external trade grew by 22.2 percent this year and reached $3.78 billion in January-April 2018, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Copper ores and concentrates, ferro-alloys and motor cars were Georgia’s top exported commodities in January-April 2018, shows the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Georgia’s external trade grew by 24.5 percent in January-May 2018 and reached $4.89 billion, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). In the first five months of 2018 the value of Georgia’s exports increased by 28 percent, while the value of imports also increased 23.3 percent with respect to January-May 2017.
Georgia is strengthening its trade relations with the European Union (EU), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and other countries.
Georgia’s external trade grew by 24.5 percent in January-May 2018 and reached $5.98 billion, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). In the first six months of 2018 the value of Georgia’s exports increased by 28.8 percent to $1.59 billion.