January-September 2017:
Georgia’s external trade with EU up 5.6%, with CIS up 31.2%
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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-September 2017, trade turnover with EU countries increased by 5.6 percent and with CIS countries by 31.2 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 $2064.9 million, while with the CIS counties external trade of Georgia reached $2428.2 million.
Overall, Georgia’s top 10 trade partners in January-September 2017 made for 65.7 percent of the country’s total trade turnover, with Turkey ($1117.7 million), Russia ($806.3 million) and China ($640.6 million) filling the top three spots.
What are Georgia's main exports?
Georgia's top exported commodities in January-September 2017 were:
- Copper ores and concentrates (worth $309.7 million, or 16 percent of total exports)
- Ferro-alloys (worth $237.2 million, or 12.2 percent of total exports)
- Motor cars (worth $149.4 million, or 7.7 percent of total exports)
What are Georgia's main imports?
Georgia's top imported commodities were:
- Petroleum and petroleum oils (worth $487 million, or 8.7 percent of total imports)
- Motor cars (worth $338.8 million or six percent of total imports)
- Copper ores and concentrates (worth $258.9 million, or 4.6 percent of total imports)
More about External Trade of Georgia can be found here.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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