BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 17
Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
Georgia received $194.1 million from abroad in April 2021, which is 145.4 percent more than the amount in April 2020, Trend reports via the National Bank of Georgia.
Russia ($33.35 million), Italy ($31.73 million) and the United States ($24.88 million) were the largest remittance senders in April 2021.
Overall, the vast majority (94.7 percent) of all money transfers from abroad came from 15 countries.
- Russian Federation - $33.35 million;
- Italy - $31.73 million;
- US - $24.88 million;
- Greece - $20.67 million;
- Turkey - $9.69 million;
- Azerbaijan - $9.06 million;
- Ukraine - $8.72 million;
- Germany- $8.71 million;
- Spain - $4.35 million;
- France - $3.04 million;
- Poland - $2.59 million;
- Kazakhstan - $2.49 million;
- Canada - $2.03 million;
- United Kingdom - $1.87 million;
- Ireland - $1.72 million.
Last month, remittances leaving Georgia totaled $25.8 million, as compared to $10 million in April 2020.
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