The National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) reported on April 20 that Georgia’s external merchandise trade, excluding non-declared trade, totaled USD 5.867 billion in January-March 2026. It is a 0.2% year-on-year increase.
The exports increased by 23.4% to USD 1.723 billion. Meanwhile, the decline of imports was 7.1% (to USD 4.143 billion). The trade deficit (USD 2.419 billion) accounted for 41.2% of total external trade turnover.
Leading export destinations were China (USD 203.2 million), Kyrgyzstan (USD 190.9 million) and Russia (USD 145.5 million). 71.6% of Georgia’s total exports accounted for the top ten export partners.
The leading export commodity were motor cars (USD 364.5 million, 21.1%), petroleum and petroleum oils (USD 208.1 million, 12.1%) and precious metal ores and concentrates (USD 169.9 million, 9.9%).
Turkey (USD 657.3 million), Russia (USD 592.5 million) and China (USD 487.6 million) were the leading import partners. 70.2% of total imports accounted for the top ten import partners.
The list of imported commodities included motor cars (USD 632.2 million, 15.3%), petroleum and petroleum oils (USD 338.6 million, 8.2%), petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons (USD 204.1 million, 4.9% of total imports).
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