Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan – Georgia’s top trading partners in 2018
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Turkey, Russia and Azerbaijan 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-March 2018 made for 67.1 percent of the country’s total trade turnover, with Turkey ($404.6 million), Russia ($311.1 million) and China ($270.2 million) filling the top three spots.
Overall, Georgia’s external trade grew by 23.3 percent this year and reached $2.82 billion in January-March 2018.
Trade with EU countries
Trade turnover with EU countries increased by 27.6 percent year-on-year (y/y) and amounted to $820.1 million, said Geostat.
Exports were worth $209.4 million (31.4 percent higher), while imports reached $610.7 million (26.4 percent higher).
Trade with CIS countries
The external trade turnover of Georgia with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries totalled $976.9 million in January-March 2018 – 30 percent higher compared to the same period of 2017.
Exports were worth $303 million (48 percent higher) while imports equalled $673.9 million (23.2 percent higher).
What are Georgia's main exports?
Georgia's top exported commodities in January-March 2018 were:
- Copper ores and concentrates (worth $118.8 million, or 16 percent of total exports)
- Ferro-alloys (worth $85.1 million, or 11.5 percent of total exports)
- Motor cars (worth $64.9 million, or 8.8 percent of total exports)
What are Georgia's main imports?
Georgia's top imported commodities were:
- Petroleum and petroleum oils (worth $186.9 million, or nine percent of total imports)
- Petroleum gases (worth $127.4 million, or 6.1 percent of total imports)
- Motor cars (worth $118 million or 5.1 percent of total imports)
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