Trade turnover between Georgia and Russia exceeded USD 2.2 bln in the first 11 months of 2022, up by 49% year-on-year, Trend reports with reference to TASS.
With Russia being Georgia’s second-biggest trade partner, its share of the republic’s total external trade volume equaled 13% in the reporting period. Georgia exported to Russia over 67,000 tons of natural wines (worth more than USD 150 mln) in the reporting period, over 57,000 tons ferroalloys worth more than $108 mln, more than 4,600 passenger cars (worth over USD 65 mln), more than 10,000 tons of alcoholic drinks (over USD 53 mln), almost 85,000 tons of mineral and fresh water (around USD 47 mln).
Meanwhile, Russia delivered to Georgia over 583,000 tons of oil and petroleum products (worth more than USD 561 mln) in 11 months (up 2.8-fold compared with the same period last year), over 264,000 tons of oil gases and hydrocarbons (worth around USD 72 mln), over 159,000 tons of wheat or mixed rye-wheat flour (almost USD 60 mln), over 145,000 tons of wheat and meslin (worth more than USD 52 mln).
Turkey was Georgia’s biggest trade partner in January-November 2022, with mutual trade turnover exceeding USD 2.5 bln, up by 34.4% year-on-year, while China was third with trade turnover surpassing USD 1.6 bln, up by 23.4% in annual terms.
