Georgia buys smartphones worth more than $ 150 million every year.
According to Geostat, mobile phones worth $ 137.8 million have already been imported in the first 8 months of 2021, which is 35% more than the previous year. With this indicator, smartphones rank on the 6th place among the Top 10 imported commodities of Georgia.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the main market for smartphone imports and mobile phones worth of $ 40 million have been imported in Georgia in January-August 2021. The UAE itself does not manufacture phones, but it is actively involved in the global smartphone trade.
Hong Kong comes on the second place by smartphone imports, mobile phones worth of $ 37.4 million have been imported this year, followed by Russia with $ 25.8 million.
TOP-10 Countries by Smartphone imports:
1 United Arab Emirates - $ 40.0 million;
2 Hong Kong - $ 37.4 million;
3 Russia - $ 25.8 million;
4 Czech Republic - $ 16.8 million;
5 China - $ 4.3 million;
6 Ukraine - $ 3.0 million;
7 Netherlands - $ 2.7 million;
8 Germany - $ 1.3 million;
9 Switzerland - $ 1.0 million;
10 Turkey - $ 0.6 million.
