Q3 2009 Results Overview
Trade structure
WTO member since Import structure by country, 9 months 2009
2000
No quantitative
restrictions on trade
Simplified customs
regime since August
2006, new customs
code becomes
effective in January
2007
One of the two
beneficiaries of the
EU GSP+ Scheme in
the CIS since 2006,
granting local
companies the right to
export 7,200
categories of goods
duty-free
As of November 2007
Georgia has entered
into a free trade
agreement with
Turkey
US-Georgia charter on
strategic partnership
envisions an update of
Bilateral Investment
Treaty, expansion of
Georgian access to the
General System of
Preferences and the
possibility of entry
into Free Trade
Agreement
Kazakhstan, 0.4%
Armenia, 1.0%-
Others, 6.0%
Bulgaria, 3.9%-
Turkmenistan,
2.8%
USA, 5.4%
United Arab Emirates,
2.3%
China, 3.5%
Russia, 6.4%
Export structure by country, 9 months 2009
United Arab Emirates,
1.5%
Kazakhstan, 1.9%-
Russia, 2.6%-
USA, 2.9%-
Bulgaria, 7.4%
Armenia, 7.4%
EU Countries, 29.9%
Ukraine, 9.5%
Turkey, 18.5%
Azerbaijan,
12.1%
Import structure by product,9 months 2009
Others, 37.3%
Sugar, 1.5%
Paper, 1.9%-
Ferrous Metal
Products, 2.2%
Mechanical
Equipment &
Electrical Machinery,
20.1%
Mechanical
Equipment &
Electrical Machinery,
17.5%
Vehicles, 8.1%
-Ferrous Metals, 1.8%
Apparel & footwear,
Plastic, 2.9%
Cereals, 4.2%
Pharmaceuticals, 4.2% 3.0%
Ukraine, 6.2%
Canada,
10.4%
Azerbaijan,
16.3%
China, 0.5%
- Other, 0.5%
Turkey, 21.6%
EU Countries, 20.8%
Export structure by product, 9 months 2009
Ferrous Metals, 0.5%
Others, 36.7%
Sugar, 0.1%-
Vessels & Aircraft, 0.3%-
Pharmaceuticals,
1.3%
Oil & Gas, 4.8%-
Vehicles, 0.3%
Beverages, Spirits &
Vinegar, 10.9%
Equipment & Rail Cars,
12.9%
Ores, 6.1%
Gems & Precious
Stones, 18.2%
Cement, 2.3%
Fertilizers, 4.7%
Source: State Statistics Department of Georgia
www.bog.ge/ir
LOORIN
BANK OF GEORGIA
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