Türkiye ($1.78 billion), Russia ($1.47 billion) and China ($1.22 billion) were the top trading partners of Georgia in its total external trade turnover in January-August 2022, preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia show.
Georgia's top partners by exports in January-August 2022 were China ($502.6 million), Azerbaijan ($421.5 million) and Russia ($409.3 million), while the top markets by imports were Türkiye ($1.46 billion), Russia ($1.06 billion) and China ($724 million).
In January-August 2022, Georgian external trade turnover equalled $11.93 billion, posting an increase of 36.6 percent year-on-year.
The value of exports rose by 36.9 percent and equalled $3.57 billion in the reported period, while imports also grew by 36.5 percent, amounting to $8.36 billion.
Trade deficit, a measure of the negative balance of trade in which imports exceed exports, reached $4.79 billion, while the share of trade turnover hit 40.2 percent.