Trade turnover between Georgia and Russia doubled

06/10/2022

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After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of the Ukrainian mainland, the trade turnover between Georgia and Russia doubled. According to the data published by the Georgian National Statistics Office (GEOSTAT), in March 2022, the trade turnover was 109,013 million US dollars, in August - 263,129 million US dollars, in April - 176,092 million US dollars, in May - 205,828 million US dollars, in June - 197,188 million US dollars and in July - 251,732 million US dollars.

According to statistics, in March-August, products worth of 316,375 million US dollars were exported from Georgia, and those worth of 886,607 million US dollars were imported.

The list of the products Georgia bought from and sold to Russia in the largest quantities, from the beginning of the war till August, is as follows:

Top 5 imported products:

Oil and oil products - $314,093 million
Flour of wheat or wheat and rye - $36,792 million
Coke and semi-coke made from coal, lignite or peat - $36,430 million
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons - $24,875 million
Margarine - $22,715 million

Top 5 exported products:

Natural grape wines - $70,327 million
Ferroalloys - $68,392 million
Light vehicles - $32,528 million
Undenatured ethyl alcohol with alcohol concentration less than 80%, alcoholic beverages - $30,012 million
Apricots, cherries, peaches, plums and bullaces (fresh) - $28.034 million
Mineral and fresh waters - $19,057 million