Azerbaijan accounts for nearly 80% of Georgia's natural gas imports in 11 months

Energy
  • 20 December, 2023
  • 11:03
Azerbaijan accounts for nearly 80% of Georgia's natural gas imports in 11 months

In January-November of this year, Georgia imported 1.56 billion cubic meters of natural gas (-4%) worth $279 million (-6.5%) from Azerbaijan, Report informs, citing the National Statistics Office of Georgia.

Thus, Azerbaijan ranked first among the countries that exported natural gas to Georgia. Azerbaijan accounted for nearly 79.4% of Georgia's natural gas imports.

During the reporting period, Georgia imported 1.96 billion cubic meters of natural gas (+4%) worth $388.2 million (+4.6%).

In the 11 months of 2023, Georgia purchased 404 million cubic meters of natural gas worth $108.8 million from Russia, 73,300 cubic meters worth $142,000 from Iran, 16,600 cubic meters worth $68,000 from South Korea, and 21,500 cubic meters worth $40,100 from Hong Kong (a special administrative region of China).