BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 21. Georgia’s imports of petroleum and petroleum oils from Turkey from January through March 2022 totaled $7.9 million, which is an increase of 49 percent, compared to $5.3 million over the same period of 2021, Trend reports via the National Statistics Office (Geostat).
The amount of Turkey’s oil exports to Georgia in March 2022 alone increased by 173.5 percent, compared to the same month of 2021 ($1.06 million), and by 52.6 percent, compared to February 2022 ($1.9 million) - to $2.9 million.
Thus, Turkey ranked 6 among the main petroleum and petroleum oils exporters to Georgia from January through March 2022. Romania ($57.5 million), and Bulgaria ($48.2 million), and Russia ($45 million) were the top three.
Meanwhile, Georgia’s total imports of petroleum and petroleum oils from January through March 2022 increased by 71.6 percent, compared to the same period of 2021 ($142.4 million), and totaled $244.5 million.
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