BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 20
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
From January through June 2020, copper ores and concentrates reclaimed the first place in the list of top export items, equaling $332.4 million or 22.1 percent of total exports in Georgia, Trend reports with reference to National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The exports of motor cars totaled $184.1 million and their share in the total exports amounted to 12.2 percent. The ferroalloys' exports occupied the third place standing at $117.6 million and constituting 7.8 percent of the total exports.
The top import commodities in January-June 2020 were motor cars whose imports equaled $289.9 million (8.2 percent of the total imports).
The copper ores and concentrates followed in the list with $234.1 million or 6.6 percent of imports. The petroleum and petroleum oils were third in the top import commodity list with $231.6 million (6.5 percent of imports).
The external merchandise trade (excluding non-declared trade) of Georgia amounted to $5.05 billion from January through June 2020, 18.2 percent lower to the same period of 2019.
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