In January-September 2020, Georgia purchased mobile phones worth 114.5 million USD or 370 million GEL. According to Geostat, the figure is 15.9% less comparing to the same period of 2019.
However, for comparison, $ 114.5 million is $ 34 million more than Georgia spent on wheat purchase.
Georgia buys most of its smartphones from one of the global wholesale centers - the United Arab Emirates. Hong Kong also takes a leading position in import statistics.
Import of mobile phones in Georgia by countries:
1) United Arab Emirates - 49.5 million USD;
2) Russia - 20.9 million USD;
3) Hong Kong - 15.2 million USD;
4) Czech Republic - 9.8 million USD;
5) China - 4.6 million USD;
6) Netherlands - 4.15 million USD;
7) Cyprus - 2.3 million USD;
8) US - 1.1 million USD;
9) Lietuva - 1.1 million USD;
10) Switzerland - 1 million USD;
