In 1Q26, rail transported 3 million tons of freight, which is 0.03 percent less than the respective figure of the previous year. 8.6 percent of the total freight was transported domestically, 34.7 percent was transported internationally (excluding transit), and 56.7% was transit, - according to the National Statistics office of Georgia (Geostat).
As of the document, in 1Q2026, incoming freight accounted for 75% of railway-transported freight, while outgoing freight accounted for 25%.
In the I quarter of 2026, Kazakhstan was the final destination for 9.8 percent of total outgoing freight, for 8.9 percent it was Armenia, for 8.6 percent – Russian Federation. The share of other individual receiving countries was relatively small (72.7 percent combined).
In the I quarter of 2026, the breakdown of the total transit freight by the final destination country was as follows: the China – 7.6 percent, Turkey – 7.5 percent, the Netherlands – 4.4 percent, Ukraine – 2.8 percent, Italy – 1.4 percent, Romania – 1.0 percent, and elsewhere was for the rest. In the same period, Brazil was the sender country of 5.3 percent of the total transit freight, Turkey – 3 percent and other countries sent the rest.
In the reporting period, 33.4 percent of the total freight were coke and refined petroleum products, 23.9 percent were chemicals, chemical products, and man-made fibers; rubber and plastic products, and 12.3 percent were metal ores and other mining and quarrying products.
In 1Q26, the number of passengers transported by the Georgian Railway decreased by 13.5 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year and amounted to 301.8 thousand persons.
