(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 21
By Maryana Akhmedova – Trend:
Georgia's domestic exports (excluding non-declared exports) from
January through December 2021 amounted to $3.1 billion, which is an
increase of 29.9 percent, compared to $2.4 billion over 2020,
Trend reports via
National Statistics Office (Geostat).
Georgia's domestic exports accounted for 73.7 percent of the
total exports in 2021, compared to 72 percent in 2020, the report
said.
According to Geostat, the share of the ten largest countries in
Georgia's total domestic exports amounted to 78.8 percent. The
largest export partners in this regard are: China ($580.9 million),
Russia ($555 million), and Turkey ($304.5 million).
Meanwhile, among Georgia's main commodities in domestic export
in 2021, copper ores and concentrates rank first with a 26.1
percent share in total domestic export. The amount of the exported
products totaled $815.4 million, which is an increase of 4.7
percent, compared to $779 million worth of exports in 2020.
The share of ferroalloys exports accounted for 15.3 percent of
the total domestic export. The exports of ferroalloys in 2021
showed the largest year-on-year increase (93.5 percent) among all
commodities – from $246.8 million to $477.4 million.
TOP-5 goods in total Georgian domestic exports (Jan.
through Dec. 2021), compared to the same period of
2020:
Copper ores and concentrates – $815.4 million (4.7-percent
increase);
Ferro-alloys – $477.4 million (93.5-percent
increase);
Wine – $237.7 percent (13.7-percent increase);
Mineral water – $141.8 million (21.6-percent
increase);
Nitrogen fertilizers– $116.2 million (65.4-percent
increase).
Meanwhile, Georgian exports in 2021 amounted to $4.2 billion –
an increase of 26.9 percent, compared to $3.3 billion in 2020.
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