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Turkey, China, Russia top trading partners of Georgia in January-April 2022

Overall, Georgian external trade turnover amounted to $5.25 billion in January-April 2022, posting a 33.4 percent increase year-on-year, said Geostat. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 19 May 2022 - 17:29, Tbilisi,Georgia

Turkey ($766.3 million), China ($614.7 million) and Russia ($559.7 million) are the top trading partners of Georgia in total external trade turnover in January-April 2022, preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia show.

Georgia's top trading partners by exports in January-April 2022 were China ($290.4 million), Azerbaijan ($168.4 million) and Russia ($156.4 million), while the top trading partners by imports were Turkey ($637.8 million), Russia ($403.3 million) and China ($324.3 million).

The top three export items were as follows:

Copper ores and concentrates - $363.3 million (22.9% of total exports)
Ferro-alloys - $195.4 million (12.3%)
Motor cars - $132 million (8.3%)

The top import commodities were the following:

Petroleum and petroleum oils - $337.1 million (9.2% of total imports)
Motor cars - $319.7 million (8.7%)
Copper ores and concentrates - $266 million (7.3%)

Overall, Georgian external trade turnover amounted to $5.25 billion in January-April 2022, posting a 33.4 percent increase year-on-year, said Geostat.

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