Baku, Azerbaijan, July 15
By Tamilla Mammadova - Trend:
In June 2019, Georgia received $143.6 million from abroad , which is 6.3 percent more than in June 2018, Trend reports with reference to National Bank of Georgia.
The largest remittance senders were Russia ($34.78 million), Italy ($19.30 million) and Greece ($17.08 million). Overall, the vast majority (93.4 percent) of all money transfers from abroad came from 17 countries.
After Russia, Italy and, Greece, other countries regularly sending money transfers to Georgia in June 2019 included United States – $15.29 million, Israel – $13.38 million, Turkey – $7.56 million, Germany – $4.04 million, Spain – $4.20 million, Ukraine – $3.33 million, Poland – $2.89 million, France – $2.40 million, Azerbaijan – $1.67 million, Kazakhstan – $2.18 million, Kyrgyzstan – $2.05 million, United Kingdom – $1.39 million, Cyprus – $1.42 million, and Canada – $1.23 million.
In June 2019, remittances leaving Georgia amounted to $17.5 million ($17.9 million in June 2018).
(1 USD = 2,83 GEL on July 15)