Trade turnover with Armenia decreases by 103.2 million USD

According to GEOSTAT data, trade between Georgia and Armenia amounted to 100.623 million USD in January-February 2024, which is 103.2 million USD less than in the same period of the previous year. In January-February 2024, compared to the same period of 2023, exports from Georgia decreased from 133.082 million USD to 78.795 million USD. As … Read more

Canada ratifies updated FTA deal with Ukraine

Canada has completed the ratification process of the updated agreement on free trade with Ukraine Governor-General of Canada, Mary Simon has signed the ratification bill, effectively putting it into force less than an hour after it passed the third reading in Canadian Parliament, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. In order for the entrepreneurs of both … Read more

Turkey’s Prime Minister expressed a desire to deepen trade relations with Georgia

The series of terrorist attacks occurring in Turkey in the recent past were strictly condemned by Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili at the meeting with his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul today.
During his working visit to Turkey Kvirikashvili attended the opening of the Eurasia Tunnel, discussed bilateral issue and planned further deepening of economic relations between the two states with Binali Yildirim.
According to the Turkish official notes, the country had been Georgia’s number one trade partner since 2007.
According to Yildirim, Turkey supported Georgia’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration and its territorial integrity.
As Kvirikashvili stressed in his speech, Turkey’s role in ensuring regional stability was “huge” and that he attached great importance to Turkey’s demonstrated support for Georgia.
The meeting between Kvirikashvili and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will also take place in Istanbul.
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Turkey, Russia, China were Georgia’s top trading partners in January with external trade up 14.8%

As the National Statistics office said on Monday, Turkey ($232.6 million), Russia ($190 million) and China ($96.4 million) were the top trading partners of Georgia in its total external trade turnover in January.
Kyrgyzstan ($46.2mln), Russia ($41.6mln) and Azerbaijan ($40.9mln) were Georgia’s top trading partners by exports, while Turkey ($203.1mln), Russia ($148.4mln) and China topped ($76.4mln) imports.
Motor vehicles ($112 million, 33.1 percent of total exports), ferro-alloys ($19.4 million, 5.7 percent) and wine ($18 million, 5.3 percent) were the top export items.
Motor vehicles ($101.4 million, 10.1 percent of the total imports), petroleum and petroleum oils ($80.4 million, 8 percent), petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons ($66.8 million, 6.7 percent) were included in the list of the three top import commodities.
Totally, Georgia’s external trade turnover showed a 14.8 percent year-on-year increase and reached $1.34 billion in January.
A decrease by 26.2 percent was shown by the value of exports ($338.6 million in total), and also by 10.1 percent by imports ($1 billion) in the reporting period.
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Georgian external trade up 14.8% in January with Turkey, Russia, China top trading partners

The Georgian external trade turnover amounted to $1.34 billion in January, posting a 14.8 percent year-on-year increase. Photo: Geostat Turkey with $232.6 million, Russia with $190 million and China with $96.4 million were the top trading partners of Georgia in its total external trade turnover in January, the National Statistics office said on Monday. The … Read more

A 15% increase was attained by the trade turnover between Georgia and the EU in 2023

According to the report of Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, Georgia’s trade turnover with the European Union increased by 15% last year and amounted to 4.5 billion dollars.
Genadi Arveladze, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, said that such Georgian export products as mineral water, fruit and vegetable preserves have increased.
According to Arveladze’s, the decrease in copper ores and ferroalloys in the EU market and also in other international markets caused 16.7% of the 18% of the total decrease.
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Trade liberalization between Ukraine and EU was discussed by Shmygal and Dombrovskis

As Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said during a joint briefing with Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis, agreements in principle on further tariff liberalization of the trade regime between Ukraine and the European Union within the current cadence of the European Commission are necessary for Ukraine.
Autonomous trade liberalization measures needed for Ukraine’s further economic integration into the EU market were also discussed during the meeting. As Prime Minister said, the constructive approach of the European Commission in developing an initiative to extend autonomous trade liberalization measures for the state until June 2025 are supported by Ukraine.
He emphasized on the positive vote in the European Parliament’s committee on this issue and expressed his hope for a balanced position of the European Parliament during the vote on the extension of such measures and the approval of the European Commission’s proposal without any amendments.
Shmyhal noted that the mechanism provided for in Article 29(4) of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement primarily provides such opportunities for Ukraine.
The Prime Minister expressed his conviction that they must set ambitious goals and work together to achieve them.
Ukrinform reported that the extension of trade liberalization measures to support Ukraine and Moldova was approved by the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade on Thursday.
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Shmygal and Dombrovskis discussed trade liberalization between Ukraine and EU

Ukraine seeks to reach agreements in principle on further tariff liberalization of the trade regime between Ukraine and the European Union within the current cadence of the European Commission. This was announced by Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal during a joint briefing with Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis, an Ukrinform … Read more