Georgia bought commodities worth 1.9 billion USD from various countries in Q1, 2021. Imports were down by 2.4% in this period compared to January-March of the last year, - show preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
According to Geostat, Georgia’s trade turnover declined by 0.3% and amounted to 2.7 billion USD, including 70.4% accounts for imports.
In January-March 2021 the share of the top ten trading partners by imports in the total imports of Georgia amounted to 71.5 percent. The top partners were Turkey (USD 343.3 million), Russia (USD 220.4 million) and China (USD 182.8 million).
TOP-10 TRADING PARTNERS BY IMPORTS IN JANUARY-MARCH 2021
1. Turkey - 343.3 million USD, decrease - 1.9%;
2. Russia - 220.3 million USD, growth - 4.5%;
3. China - 182.7 million USD, growth - 0.7%;
4. Azerbaijan - 145.7 million USD, decrease - 11.4%;
5. US - 129.5 million USD, growth - 3%;
6. Armenia - 114.7 million USD, growth - 31.8%;
7. Germany - 95.9 million USD, decrease - 4.4%;
8. Ukraine - 72.9 million dollars, decrease - 11.2%;
9. Italy - 53.2 million USD, growth - 18.2%;
10. France - 37.1 million USD, growth - 22.4%;
Imports from other countries were down by 10.7% and amounted to 556.7 million USD.
The top import commodities in January-March 2021 were motor cars whose imports equaled USD 168.5 million (8.6 percent of the total imports). The copper ores and concentrates followed in the list with USD 145.8 million or 7.5 percent of imports. The petroleum and petroleum oils were third in the top import commodity list with USD 141.9 million (7.3 percent of imports).
TOP-10 IMPORT COMMODITIES WERE AS FOLLOWS:
1. Cars - 168.5 million USD, decrease - 12.9%;
2. Copper ores and concentrates - 145.8 million USD, increase - 31.2%;
3. Oil and oil products - 141.9 million USD, decrease - 5.6%;
4. Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons - 129.6 million USD, increase of 11.2%;
5. Medicaments put up in measured doses - 70.7 million USD, decrease - 3.2%;
6. Moving, grading, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores – 41.2 million USD, growth – 1 556. 0%
7. Telephone sets – 39.5 million USD, decrease – 86.9%;
8. Motor vehicles for the transport of goods – 39.5 million USD, growth – 86.9%
9. Electrical energy – 31.6 million USD, growth – 86.9%;
10. Wheat and meslin – 21.2 million USD, growth – 11.9%
