Georgian external trade amounts to $10.37 billion in January-October 2019

In October 2019 the value of export was $316.5 million, while imports amounted to $848 million. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 13 Nov 2019 - 12:08, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $10.37 billion in January-October 2019, which is an increase of 0.5 per cent compared to the same period of last year, show preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).

The value of exports increased by 10.4 per cent and reached $3.04 billion, while imports decreased  3.1 per cent, amounting to $7.33 billion.

External merchandise trade tendencies of Georgia In January-October 2014-2019. Photo: Geostat.

The trade deficit of Georgia in January-October 2019 amounted to $4.3 billion which is 41.4 per cent of total trade turnover.

In October 2019 the value of export was $316.5 million, while imports amounted to $848 million.