Turkey, Russia, China Georgia's top trading partners in Jan.-Apr. 2021

Turkey ($594.9 million), Russia ($476.2 million) and China ($425.6 million) are Georgia's top trading partners in total external trade turnover in January-April 2021, show preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia.

In the reporting period Georgia's top trading partners by exports were China ($198.7 million), Russia ($159.6 million) and Azerbaijan ($152.2 million), while top trading partners by imports were Turkey ($490.5 million), Russia ($316.6 million) and China ($227 million).

The top three export items were the following:

• Copper ores and concentrates - $264.1 million, 22% of total exports
• Motor cars - $125.4 million, 10.5% of total exports
• Ferro-alloys totalled - $111.4 million, 9.3% of total exports

The top import commodities were as follows:

• Motor cars - $244.6 million, 9% of total imports
• Petroleum and petroleum oils - $196.7 million, 7.2% of total imports
• Copper ores and concentrates - $190.5 million, 7% of total imports

Overall, Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $3.92 billion in January-April 2021, which is 12.8% higher compared to the same period of the last year.

The value of exports increased 19.6% and totalled $1.19 billion, while imports also increased 10.1%, amounting to $2.73 billion.