Georgian external trade amounts to $13.3 bln in 2019
The value of exports increased 12.4 per cent compared to last year and reached $3.8 billion, while imports increased 1.7 per cent and amounted to $9.5 billion. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $13.3 bln in 2019 which is a 4.5 per cent increase compared to last year, show data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The value of exports increased 12.4 per cent compared to last year and reached $3.8 billion, while imports increased 1.7 per cent and amounted to $9.5 bln.
The trade deficit of Georgia in 2019 amounted to $5.7 billion which is 42.9 per cent of total trade turnover.
Top trading partners by turnover in 2019 were:
- Turkey – 13.7%
- Russia – 11.1%
- China – 8.1%
- Azerbaijan – 8%
- United States – 6.1%
Top trading partners by exports in 2019 were:
- Azerbaijan – 13.4%
- Russia – 13.1%
- Armenia – 11.4%
- Bulgaria – 7.5%
- Ukraine – 6.6%
Top trading partners by imports in 2019 were:
- Turkey – 17%
- Russia – 10.3%
- China – 9%
- United States – 7.1%
- Azerbaijan – 5.9%
Major export commodity positions in 2019 were motor cars ($732.8 million), copper ores and concentrates ($649.4 million), ferro-alloys ($303.4 million) and wine ($222.8 million).
Major import commodity positions in 2019 were motor cars ($1.1 billion), petroleum and petroleum oils ($757.4 million), copper ores and concentrates ($603.7 million) and medications ($355.2 million).
Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $5.072 billion in January-June 2020, which is a decrease of 16.3 per cent compared to the same period of last year, show preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $4.20 billion in January-May 2020, which is a decrease of 16.8 per cent compared to the same period of last year, show preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $3.46 billion in January-April 2020, which is a decrease of 11.8 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 decreased 11.9 per cent and reached $778.2 million, while imports also decreased 11.8 per cent, amounting to $2.46 billion.
Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $12.83 billion in 2019, which is an increase of 2.7 per cent compared to last year, show preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).