Georgia sees five-fold growth in cigarette imports from Azerbaijan in 1H24

Georgia imported cigarettes (containing tobacco) worth $11.3 million from Azerbaijan in the first six months of 2024, up five-fold from year-on-year, Report informs, citing the National Statistics Office of Georgia.

Thus, Azerbaijan ranked second among countries supplying cigarettes to Georgia.

Overall, Georgia bought cigarettes worth $72.46 million in January-June of the current year, representing a slight decrease of 0.8 percent from the corresponding period of 2023.

In particular, Georgia imported cigarettes worth $24.5 million from Lithuania, $9.7 million from Armenia, $7.9 million from Türkiye, and $4.4 million from the Czech Republic.

Meanwhile, in 2023, Georgia supplied cigarettes worth $158 million from abroad, of which $11.6 million came from Azerbaijan.