Turkey, Russia and US became Georgia’s top trading partners and external trade increased by 16.2% in January-October

Azerbaijan ($713.5mln), Armenia ($657.5 million) and Kazakhstan ($579.9 million) were Georgia’s top trading partners by exports. Turkey ($2.10 billion), US ($1.59 billion) and Russia ($1.48 billion) topped imports.
As the National Statistics office of Georgia said on Monday, the top trading partners of Georgia in its total external trade turnover between January and October were Turkey ($2.46 billion), Russia ($2.04 billion) and the United States ($1.66 billion).
Azerbaijan ($713.5mln), Armenia ($657.5 million) and Kazakhstan ($579.9 million), were Georgia’s top trading partners by exports. Turkey ($2.10 billion), US ($1.59 billion) and Russia ($1.48 billion) topped imports.
Motor vehicles ($1.76 billion, 34.5 percent of total exports), copper ores and concentrates ($450.9 million, 8.8 percent) and wine of fresh grapes ($217.3 million, 4.3 percent) were the top export items. Motor vehicles ($2.58 billion, 20.4 percent of the total imports), petroleum and petroleum oils ($928.6 million, 7.3 percent) and medical drugs ($445.2 million, 3.5 percent) were three top import commodities.
In general, the amount of $17.78 billion was attained by Georgian external trade turnover in January-October, showing a 16.2 percent increase year-on-year.
An increase by 12.5 percent was reached by the value of exports that totally amounted to $5.10 billion. The growth of imports attained 17.8 percent, and its total amount reached $12.68 billion in the reporting period.
The share of trade turnover hit 42.6 percent, and trade deficit, a measure of the negative balance of trade in which imports exceed exports, reached $7.58 billion.
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