This year marks a record high in foreign currency reserve accumulation for Georgia, according to Natia Turnava, President of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG). She highlighted that 2025 has been the best year to date in terms of purchasing international reserves.

In July alone, the NBG added $416.9 million to its reserves through foreign exchange interventions on the Bmatch platform. As of the end of July, Georgia’s total international reserves exceeded $5.0 billion.

Turnava emphasized that active reserve purchases are continuing in August, making it clear that 2025 will set a new benchmark.

"The main contributors to this success are Georgia’s growing economy and the export sectors—particularly tourism, services, and commodity exports—that generate the bulk of the country’s foreign currency inflow," Turnava noted. She also cited a stable macroeconomic environment and a calm foreign exchange market as key factors attracting confidence from businesses engaged in currency operations.

NBG’s 2025 Foreign Exchange Interventions via Bmatch:

• January–February: No net purchases

• March: $101.7 million

• April: $266.4 million

• May: $245.4 million

• June: $266.0 million

• July: $416.9 million

The National Bank of Georgia is expected to publish its updated data on foreign exchange market operations on September 25, 2025.