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Geostat reveals TOP-5 suppliers of oil in Georgia

Oil&Gas Materials 12 May 2021 15:38 (UTC +04:00)
Geostat reveals TOP-5 suppliers of oil in Georgia

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 12

Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:

Georgia purchased 270,000 tons of oil products from abroad in the first quarter of 2021, which is 1,100 tons or 0.4 percent more than in the same period of 2020, Trend reports referring to the Georgian National Statistics Office (Geostat).

Oil ranks third among Georgia's largest imports.

The total value of imported oil was $ 141.9 million, which is 5.6 percent or $8.4 million less than the value of oil purchased in the first quarter of 2020.

As for the top 5 supplier countries, their statistics are distributed as follows:

1) Turkmenistan - $32 million, 60,400 tons;
2) Russia - $28 million, 59,400 tons;
3) Romania - $27.4 million, 51,200 tons;
4) Azerbaijan - $20.1 million, 43,000 tons;
5) Bulgaria - $14.4 million, 26,900 tons.

For comparison, the volume of oil imports to Georgia this year exceeds in the first quarter of 2019 (260,000 tons), which indicates increased consumption in the country.

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