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Remittances increased by 11.4%

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18.09.18 14:16
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In August 2018, remittances increased by 11.4% YoY, or by 14 mln USD. Growth expressed in EUR and GEL stood at 14.0% and 17.8%, respectively. In 8 months of 2018 remittances increased by 17.5% YoY in USD terms.

Growth of remittances were mostly driven by increased transfers from Italy (+28.2% YoY) and Israel (+20.3% YoY).
From the regional perspective, remittances in USD terms increased from EU (+23.3% YoY), CIS (+8.4% YoY) and other countries (+3.7% YoY).

Remittances from Turkey went down by 25.6% YoY in July 2018 while in 7 months of 2018 growth stood at 7.5% YoY in USD terms.

Source : TBC Research

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