Jan 2020: Georgian external trade up 5.7 per cent

The value of exports increased 10 per cent and reached $262.6 million, while imports increased 3.9 per cent, amounting to $619.7 million. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 13 Feb 2020 - 12:21, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $882.4 million in January 2020, which is an increase of 5.7 per cent compared to the same period of last year, show data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).

The value of exports increased 10 per cent and reached $262.6 million, while imports increased 3.9 per cent, amounting to $619.7 million.

External merchandise trade tendencies of Georgia in January 2015-2020. Photo: Geostat.

The trade deficit of Georgia in January 2020 amounted to $357.1 million which is 40.5 per cent of total trade turnover.