Georgia’s external trade in January 2019 amounts to $826 million

In January 2019 the external merchandise trade (excluding non-declared trade) of Georgia amounted to USD 826.8 million, which is the 1.2 per cent higher compared to the same month of the last year, the Georgian National Statistics Office says.

The exports equaled USD 238.8 million (7.2 per cent higher), while the imports stood at USD 588.0 million (1.1 per cent lower).

In January 2019 the exports from Georgia to the EU countries amounted to USD 59.7 million (7.0 per cent lower compared to January 2018) and constituted 25.0 percent of total exports, while the imports amounted to USD 139.5 million (6.4 per cent lower) with 23.7 per cent in total imports.

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The external trade turnover of Georgia with the EU countries amounted to USD 199.2 million, showing a 6.5 per cent decrease compared to same period of the last year,” the office says.

In January 2019 the exports to the CIS countries stood at USD 125.4 million (55.2 percent higher compared to the January 2018) and reached 52.5 percent of total exports, while the imports equaled USD 168.9 million (23.8 per cent lower) with 28.7 per cent in total import.

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The trade turnover with the CIS countries totaled USD 294.3 million (lower by 2.6 per cent).

In January 2019 the share of the top ten trading partners by exports in the total exports of Georgia amounted to 77.1 per cent.

The top partners were Russia (USD 39.2 million), Azerbaijan (USD 34.5 million) and Romania (USD 28.1 million).