Georgia rates 108th in the world with import volume

The biggest importer in the world is the United States of America. Last year the country imported goods worth of 2 208 000 000 000 USD.

According to CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), Georgia rates 108^th with the volume of import. Last year, volume of import in the country was 6 640 000 000 USD.

Top ten importer countries are:

United States of America – $2,208,000,000,000

China – $1,495,000,000,000

Germany – $1,022,000,000,000

United Kingdom – $588,400,000,000

Japan – $583,500,000,000

France – $536,700,000,000

Hong Kong – $520,100,000,000

Canada – $413,400,000,000

Netherlands – $402,900,000,000

Republic of Korea – $391,300,000,000

Number 23 on the list is Russia with 191 600 000 000 USD. Turkey is in 24^th position with import volume of 191 000 000 000 USD, Azerbaijan is 98^th with 9 004 000 000 USD and Armenia is 145^th with 2 835 000 000 USD.

As the Georgian National Statistics Agency reports, in 2016, volume of import in Georgia decreased by 0,5% and amounted to 7 243 mln USD.

The largest import commodity groups are:

Oil (8,5% of total import – 619 mln USD);

Motor cars (6,5% of total import – 475 mln USD);

Petroleum gases (4,4% of total import – 318 mln USD);

Health products (3,8% of total import – 272 mln USD);

Copper ore (3,4% of total import – 207,9 mln USD)