Russia, US, Italy largest remittance senders in August 2017
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Georgia received $121.8 million from abroad in August 2017, while remittances leaving Georgia totalled $19.4 million, says the National Bank of Georgia.
Last month Georgia received 15.1 percent more in remittances than in August of 2016.
Russia ($40.3 million), the United States ($12.8 million) and Italy ($12.7 million) were the largest remittance senders in August 2017.
Overall, the vast majority (92.5 percent) of all money transfers from abroad came from 14 countries.
After Russia, the US and Italy, other countries regularly sending money transfers to Georgia in August 2017 included:
- Greece – $11.5 million
- Israel - $10.8 million
- Turkey - $9.8 million
- Spain - $3.5 million
- Germany – $2.9 million
- Ukraine - $2.2 million
- United Kingdom - $1.4 million
- Kazakhstan -$1.3 million
- Azerbaijan - $1.3 million
- France - $1.2 million
- Canada - $1 million
Georgia received 20.1 percent more in remittances in July of 2017 than the same time period last year.
Georgia received 17.1 percent more in remittances in June of 2017 than the same time period last year.
Georgia received 24.2 percent more in remittances in May of 2017 than the same time period last year.
Georgia received 23.5 percent more in remittances in March of 2017 than the same time period last year.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has left on an official working visit to Italy. President of Italy Sergio Mattarella will host Margvelashvili at an official welcoming ceremony, which will be followed by a meeting between the two Presidents tomorrow.
The strengthening of the non-recognition policy of Georgia's occupied territories has been discussed as Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili met with his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella in Rome today.
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