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As AD Ports Group, an enabler of integrated trade, transport and logistics solutions, announced on Tuesday, the first phase of Tbilisi Intermodal Hub, Georgia’s first modern, bonded container and intermodal terminal, and a key logistics link in the Group’s emerging Central Asian transport strategy was inaugurated.
Irakli Kobakhidze, Prime Minister of Georgia, Levan Davitashvili, First Vice Prime Minister of Georgia, Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of State in the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Ebrahim AlNuaimi, UAE Ambassador to Georgia, Giorgi Janjgava, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, the Georgian Ambassador to UAE, as well as Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Managing Director and Group CEO of AD Ports Group, Jemal Inaishvili, Founder of Inveco LLC, and Abdulaziz Zayed Al Shamsi, Regional CEO – AD Ports Group attended the inauguration.
In the first phase of Tbilisi Intermodal Hub is Tbilisi Dry Port, an Inland Container Depot (ICD) that will handle container cargo arriving by rail and truck. There are plans to build additional container yards and truck parking, and a fourth railway spur, to transform it into a full-service import-and-export logistics hub for all of Central Asia, a fast-growing region that AD Ports Group is targeting as a strategic growth corridor by early 2026.
Then, Tbilisi Intermodal Hub will process many types of cargo (containerized vehicles, and forms of containerized bulk and break-bulk commodities such as minerals, ores, and fertilizers) in its second and third phases. This will make it an important supply chain of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, as well as an East-West crossroads for goods between China and Europe.
The first shipment of 30 containers, each carrying over 26 tonnes of cargo, via rail link from an MSC ship docked at Georgia’s Black Sea Port of Batumi, signified Tbilisi Intermodal Hub’s soft launch on 3rd May.
An inland extension of Batumi and the Port of Poti, Georgia’s key seaports, will make Tbilisi Intermodal Hub a vital logistics staging hub accelerating trade flows across the Caucasus region and Central Asia.
The Middle Corridor will become a viable, modern high-volume trade corridor linking China and Europe by overland route through Central Asia with the Group’s ports and maritime assets in Türkiye and Pakistan due to the Georgian intermodal logistics hub. They expect it to handle up to 1.9 million Twenty Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) of container cargo annually by 2040, as manufacturers seek to avoid longer seaborne routes.
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Georgian external merchandise trade (excluding non-declared trade) reached USD 7 755.7 million in January-April 2025 (15.3 percent higher year-on-year). The exports grew by 14.2 percent (USD 2 014.4 million), while the increase of imports was 15.7 percent (USD 5 741.3 million). The share of negative trade balance in external trade turnover constituted 48.1 percent. Totally it was USD 3 726.9 million in January-April 2025.
The top ten trading partners by exports had the share of 80.2 percent in the total exports of Georgia in January-April 2025: Kyrgyzstan (USD 450.0 million), Kazakhstan (USD 258.4 million) and Azerbaijan (USD 215.1 million).
The top ten trading partners by imports had the share of 72.7 percent in the total imports of Georgia in January-April 2025: the USA (USD 881.2 million), Türkiye (USD 814.2 million) and Russia (USD 669.6 million).
The top ten trading partners in the total external trade turnover of Georgia had the share of 69.9 percent in January-April 2025: Türkiye (USD 914.3 million), USA (USD 902.0 million) and Russia (USD 859.1 million).
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As European Commission spokesperson Olof Gill said, they want to go smoothly from the Autonomous Trade Measures (ATM) currently applied to Ukraine, which are expiring on June the 5, to the previous tariff conditions for Kiev with the help of a special arrangement.
According to Gill, within the next few days, they will discuss with Ukrainian counterparts the compensation that Ukraine could get for losses from the ATMs’ repeal.
He says that the first meeting to address the issue is set for the second half of Monday.
Also, Gill adds that they expect a transitional arrangement “to restore the pre-autonomous trade measures, tariff lines, so basically what existed before the ATMs”.
The ATMs are special preferential conditions granted to Ukrainian exporters to support the country’s economy and ease exports. The EU introduced them in June 2022 to suspend import duties, quotas and trade protection measures with regard to Ukrainian exports.
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The National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) reports that Georgia’s foreign trade reached USD 7.76 billion in January-April 2025 (a 15.3% increase year-on-year, compared to the same period in 2024). Exports attained USD 2.01 billion (up by 14.2), while imports equaled to USD 5.74 billion (up by 15.7%). Consequently, 48.1% of total foreign trade turnover was accounted for Georgia’s trade deficit (USD 3.73 billion).

Georgia’s leading import item in January-April 2025 was motor cars (USD 966.4 million, 16.8% of total imports). Then followed paintings, drawings, and pastels (USD 481.2 million (8.4%). Petroleum and petroleum oils were third (USD 396.5 million, 6.9%).

72.7% of Georgia’s total imports were accounted for the top ten import partners. The United States (USD 881.2 million), Turkey (USD 814.2 million) and Russia (USD 669.6 million) were the first three of them.

As for the top export items, motor cars were also first (USD 753.9 million, 37.4% of total exports). Then followed precious metal ores and concentrates (USD 96.3 million, 4.8%), and spirituous beverages (USD 76.5 million, 3.8%).

80.2% of Georgia’s total exports were made up by the top ten export partners in January–April. The first three partners were Kyrgyzstan (USD 450 million), Kazakhstan (USD 258.4 million) and Azerbaijan (USD 215.1 million).

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Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Serbia Madi Atamkulov warmly invited the Minister of Domestic and Foreign Trade of Serbia Jagoda Lazarević to attend the International Forum Astana, the largest regional gathering focused on political and economic cooperation, to strengthen bilateral cooperation, notably trade relations, between Serbia and Kazakhstan. The both sides acknowledged the necessity of implementing agreements aimed at increasing and diversifying trade volume, which they initially announced during the official visit of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Serbia in November 2024.

Minister Lazarević agreed to participate in the Forum and highlighted her department’s ongoing commitment to developing and facilitating trade relations with Kazakh companies.

Minister Lazarević has also mentioned that it was highly important to carefully craft an agenda for the upcoming fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Kazakh-Serbian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation.

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n January-April 2025 Georgia’s external Merchandise Trade (excluding non-declared trade) reached USD 7 755.7 million, 15.3 percent higher year-on-year.
The value of export attained USD 2 014.4 million (14.2 percent up), while the import reached USD 5 741.3 million (15.7 percent increase).
The share of trade deficit in trade turnover constituted 48.1 percent, and it totally attained USD 3 726.9 million.
In April, exports equaled to $616 million (in April 2024- $437.2 million), 41% up year-on-year, while imports amounted to $1 billion 399 million (3.6% down compared to $1,452.3 million in April 2024).
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As Trend reports via Akorda, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has held talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.
At the meeting, President Tokayev emphasized the importance of his official visit to Belgrade in November last year for strengthening mutual understanding and developing multifaceted cooperation between Kazakhstan and Serbia.
Also, the agreements signed at that time across various sectors, including trade and investment, industry, energy, construction, agriculture, transport, digitalization, artificial intelligence, and military-defense cooperation were highlighted by him.
In response, President Vučić insured that Serbia’s was interested in further expanding its strategic partnership with Kazakhstan.
Dialogue on bilateral and international issues will continue during the upcoming visit of the Serbian president to Astana, as both leaders expressed their desire to implement previously reached agreements.
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As the Financial Times said on Wednesday, the European Union is preparing to raise tariffs on certain Ukrainian goods.
After the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis, the majority of Ukrainian goods got duty-free access to the EU market as transitional measures until June 6, 2025.
According to the Financial Times, the situation will continue while the two sides are updating their overall trade agreement.
Nevertheless, the tariff-free quotas of agricultural products would be drastically cut by this transitional proposal, recently sent to EU member states.
As the Financial Times said, the EU followed the example of Poland and is trying to protect European farmers from cheaper products from Ukraine.
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As European Commission Spokesperson Olof Gill said in Brussels on Wednesday, the European Commission will update the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with Ukraine instead of extending the Autonomous Trade Measures (ATM).
As he said, the European Commission’s current priority is “to work on the review of the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area”.
Also, Gill spoke about possible transitional measures in case the negotiations for reviewing the DCFTA are not finalized and applied by the 6th of June.
Ukraine has had liberalized trade with the EU since June 2022.
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The report published by PLC Research says that Georgia increased total beverage exports at a CAGR of 10% from 2017 to 2023, and it reached USD 463 million in 2023. However, the increase of SME exports had a lower CAGR of 6%, while the growth of the value added in the sector had a CAGR of 11% and reached GEL 739 million in 2023 (1.9% of total value-added).
Nevertheless, there is a significant decline of the EU’s share in total beverage exports from 2017 to 2023 due to limited access to quality raw materials, outdated machinery, a shortage of skilled labor (particularly outside Tbilisi), and logistical constraints.
Another challenge is compliance with EU standards and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) regulations due to the high cost of obtaining certification and a lack of specialized expertise among SMEs.
Also, high interest rates, limited trade finance options, and cash flow challenges when exporting directly to supermarkets constrain access to financing for export operations.
The document reports that significantly higher shares of total exports and exports to the EU compared to other beverage types were accounted for “ethyl alcohol, spirits, liqueurs, and other spirituous beverages” and “natural/artificial mineral and aerated waters” from 2017 to 2023.
Nevertheless, different composition of other most exported beverage types in the two cases demonstrated different consumer preferences and market conditions in the EU. For example, 15% of total beverage exports belonged to “Flavored mineral aerated waters, containing added sugar or sweetening matter”, but only 2% of exports to the EU. In the same way, the share of “beer” exports was relatively small in exports to the EU compared to total exports. Opposingly, “fruit and vegetable juices” were more successful in exports to the EU.
NH Logistics GEO has been offering IOR Importer of Record and EOR Exporter of Record services since 2001 and is a market leader in Georgia and Eurasia, supporting many clients with their import/export shipments.

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