BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 4
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
Georgia reveals TOP 10 products bought in Japan from January through September this year, Trend reports via the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
1. Cars - $105.4 million, 6,237 units, decrease - 35.6 percent;
2. New rubber pneumatic springs and tires - $7 million, 42,781 pieces; decrease - 43.3 percent;
3. Recycled or worn rubber pneumatic springs and tires - $1.8 million, 204,656 pieces, decrease - 14.3 percent;
4. Parts of vehicles - $1.4 million, 893.3 tons; increase - 6.5 percent;
5. Trucks - $1.1 million, 602 units; increase - 38.6 percent;
6. Sulfur compounds - $641,200, 300 tons,
7. Tractors and saddle accessories - $496,300, 125 pieces, decrease - 17.6 percent;
8. Motorcycles and bicycles, with or without a wheelchair; Wheelchairs - $430,700, 1,351 pieces, increase - 80 percent;
9. Cargo trucks - $351,100, 270.1 tons, increase - 231.5 percent;
10. Optical elements - $237,700, 0.3 tons, decrease - 73.4 percent;
Other goods - $2.2 million.
Trade turnover between Georgia and Japan is 33.7 percent down from January through September this year, amounting to $133.1 million (9 months of 2019 - $200.9 million).
According to Geostat, despite the decline in trade turnover, exports increased by 32.2 percent to $11.8 million (9 months of 2019 - $8.9 million ), while imports decreased by 36.8 percent to $121.1 million (9 months of 2019 - $192 million).
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