Jan-Sept 2020: Georgian domestic exports down 12.1%
The share of domestic exports in total exports constituted 71.6 per cent and amounted to $1.72 billion, 2.8 percent lower to the January-September 2019. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia exported locally produced goods worth $2.40 billion in January-September 2020, which is 12.1 per cent lower year-on-year, announces the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The share of domestic exports (export of locally produced goods and services, including those of foreign origin that have been substantially changed through local processing) in total exports constituted 71.6 per cent and amounted to $1.72 billion, 2.8 percent lower to the January-September 2019.
In the reporting period the share of the top 10 trading partners by domestic exports in the total domestic exports of Georgia amounted to 79.7 per cent.
The top partners were:
- China ($343.4 million)
- Russia ($280.1 million)
- Bulgaria ($228.3 million)
In January-September 2020 copper ores and concentrates reclaimed the first place in the list of top export items, equalling $541.7 million, or 31.5 per cent of total exports.
The exports of ferro-alloys totalled $179.8 million and their share in the total exports amounted to 10.4 per cent. The exports of wine of fresh grapes occupied the third place standing at $142.7 million and constituting 8.3 per cent of the total exports.