Turkey, Russia, China - Georgia's top trading partners in Jan-June 2020

Trade turnover with Turkey reached $697.4 million, $584.2 million with Russia and $530.7 million with China. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 20 Jul 2020 - 11:53, Tbilisi,Georgia

Turkey, Russia and China were Georgia's top trading partners in January-June 2020, show the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).

Trade turnover with Turkey reached $697.4 million, $584.2 million with Russia and $530.7 million with China. 

Top trading partners by turnover in January-June 2020. Screenshot: Geostat.

In the reporting period the share of the top ten trading partners in Georgia’s total external trade turnover amounted to 69.9 per cent.

Georgia’s top exported commodities in January-June 2020 were:

  • Copper ores and concentrates - $332.4 million (22.1% of total exports)
  • Motor cars - $184.1 million (12.2% of total exports)
  • Ferroalloys - $117.6 million (7.8% of total exports)

The top import commodities in January-June 2020 were:

  • Motor cars - $289.9 million (8.2% of total imports)
  • Copper ores and concentrates - $234.1 million (6.6% of total imports)
  • Petroleum and petroleum oils - $231.6 million (6.5% of total imports)

Overall, 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, said Geostat.