Georgia’s domestic exports amounted to USD 539.5 million

The exports of Georgia (excluding non-declared exports) equaled USD 778.2 million, 5.9 percent lower year-on-year, the Georgian National Statistics Office (Geostat) said on Tuesday.

According to Geostat, share of the domestic exports in total export constituted 69.3 percent and amounted to USD 539.5 million, 1.7 percent lower to the January-March 2019.

In January-March 2020 the share of the top ten trading partners by domestic exports in the total domestic exports of Georgia amounted to 79.6 percent. The top partners were China (USD 97.1 million), Bulgaria (USD 83.1 million) and Russia (USD 82.6 million).

In January-March 2020 copper ores and concentrates reclaimed the first place in the list of top export items, equaling USD 159.0 million, or 29.5 percent of total exports. The exports of ferro-alloys totaled USD 58.0 million and their share in the total exports amounted to 10.8 percent. The Wine of fresh grapes exports occupied the third place standing at USD 44.1 million and constituting 8.2 percent of the total exports.