BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 22
Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
Russia exported 59,408 tons of oil and oil products to Georgia for a total amount of $28.06 from January through March 2021, Trend reports referring to Georgian National Statistics Office (Geostat).
Also, in the reporting period, Russia exported 66,719 tons of wheat and meslin worth $16.5 million to Georgia. In the same period of 2020, 86,573 tons of wheat and meslin totaling $18.9 million were exported from Russia to Georgia.
Other exports in the same period included:
- 11.1 tons of telephone sets worth $10.4 million
- 216,196 tons of petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons in the amount of $52.6 million
During the last year, the export of petroleum gases and other gases from Russia to Georgia amounted to 64,195 tons totaling $19 million.
Meanwhile, Russia exported 6,500 tons of sunflower-seed, safflower, or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof worth $8.7 million to Georgia.
From January through March 2021, the foreign trade turnover between Georgia and Russia exceeded $329.8 million, which comprises 11.9 percent of the total trade turnover of Georgia.
During the reporting period, Georgia exported products worth $109.4 million to the Russian market, which is 13.3 percent of total exports.
Meanwhile, Russian exported products worth $220.3 million to the Georgian market, which is 11.3 percent of total imports to Georgia.
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