Georgia imported around $294.1 million worth of products from Azerbaijan in January-June 2014, Georgia`s National Statistical Service (GeoStat) said in its report.
The volume of imports from Azerbaijan to Georgia has raised by 7.7 percent in a year, according to the report. By comparison, this country imported about $273.2 million worth of Azerbaijani products in the first half of 2013.
Azerbaijan continues to rank third among the countries from which Georgia imports products. The share of Azerbaijan`s export in the total volume of the products imported to Georgia is 7.3 percent.
Georgia imports most of the products from Turkey. The volume of Georgia`s imports from this country in January-June, stood at $827.2 million, or 20.5 percent of the total import volume.
China ranks second with 8.7 percent share ($349.6 million) in the total volume of Georgia`s imports.
Georgia mainly imports gasoline, oil products, construction materials, electricity, glassware and other products from Azerbaijan.
The trade turnover between Georgia and Azerbaijan in January -June 2014 amounted to $584.3 million, or 3.7 percent less than in the same period of 2013. By comparison, this figure was equal to $605.98 million in January -June 2013.
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