Georgia's beverages, tobacco imports from Azerbaijan hit record-high

Georgia imported beverage and tobacco products worth $11.8 million from Azerbaijan in the first half of 2024, which is the highest figure for the same period in the last 15 years, Report informs.

As indicated in the data from National Statistics Office of Georgia, this is a 4.5-fold growth compared to the indicator of 2023.

Thus, Azerbaijan ranks 3rd among the countries that supply similar products to Georgia.

Overall, Georgia bought beverage and tobacco products, valued at just over $142.5 million from abroad in January-June of this year, which is 12.5 percent more than a year ago.

In particular, Georgia imported the mentioned products worth $24.8 million from Lithuania, $20.4 million from Türkiye, $10.9 million from Armenia, and $5.94 million from Russia.

Meanwhile, in 2023, Georgia purchased $286 million worth of beverage and tobacco products from abroad, of which $12.3 million came from Azerbaijan.