Georgian external trade amounts to $11.34 billion in 2020
The value of exports decreased 12 per cent and amounted to $3.34 billion, while imports decreased 15.9 per cent, amounting to $8 billion. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $11.34 billion in 2020, which is a decrease of 14.8 per cent compared to last year, show preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The value of exports decreased 12 per cent and amounted to $3.34 billion, while imports decreased 15.9 per cent, amounting to $8 billion.
External merchandise trade tendencies of Georgia in 2015-2020. Photo: National Statistics Office of Georgia.
The trade deficit (an economic measure of the negative balance of trade in which a country's imports exceed its exports) amounted to $4.66 billion and its share in trade turnover constituted 41.1 percent.
In the last month of 2020, the exports amounted to $325.7 million, while imports amounted to $799 million. In December 2020, the total turnover amounted to $1.12 billion, while the trade balance was negative $473.3 million.
Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $12.83 billion in 2019, which is an increase of 2.7 per cent compared to 2018.
Georgia’s top trade partners remained Turkey ($1.42 bln), Russia ($1.18 bln) and China ($1.09 bln) in January-November 2020, show preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia.
Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $10.20 billion in January-November 2020, which is 14.6% lower compared to the same period of the last year, show preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $9.15 billion in January-October 2020, which is a decrease of 15 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 $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).
China is Georgia's top trading partner by exports in 2020, show the preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $763.9 million in January 2021, which is 16.3% lower compared to the same period of the last year, show preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
China ($126.5 million), Turkey ($114.3 million) and Azerbaijan ($ 86.2 million) are Georgia's top trading partners in total external trade turnover in January 2021, show preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia.
Georgian external trade turnover amounted to 14.31 billion USD in 2021, which is an increase of 25.6% year-on-year, express data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) show.