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Export of building materials from Azerbaijan to Georgia exceeds import

Business Materials 24 July 2015 17:20 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, July 24

By Azad Hasanli - Trend:

The total value of imports of Azerbaijani construction materials to Georgia decreased twofold in January-June 2015, the Georgian National Statistics Service's report as of January-June 2015 says.

Around 36,900 metric tons of construction gypsum and other anhydrite totaling $5.1 million were imported from Azerbaijan to Georgia during this period.

In quantitative terms, the volume of imports of construction materials from Azerbaijan reduced by 40.8 percent compared to the same period of 2014.

For comparison, Georgia imported around 62,390 metric tons of construction materials in the amount of $10.66 million in January-June 2014.

The share of construction materials in Azerbaijan's total export volume to Georgia for the period amounted to 1.8 percent.

Around 8,600 metric tons of steel reinforcement in the amount of $4.9 million was exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan during this period. Around 57,400 metric tons of steel reinforcement in the amount of $35.39 million was exported to Azerbaijan in the same period of 2014.

According to the report, Georgia imported goods worth $277.9 million from Azerbaijan in January-June 2015 (a 5.7 percent decrease during a year).

Azerbaijan ranks third in the list of the countries from which Georgia imports products.
Georgia imports most of its goods from Turkey - $646.35 million. China ranks second with $315.07 million.

Georgia mainly imports gas, oil products, building materials, electric power and other products from Azerbaijan.

Edited by CN

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