Georgia increased natural gas purchases from Azerbaijan by 8% in April

In January-April 2025, Georgia purchased 628 million cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan for $98 million, Report informs, citing the National Statistics Office of Georgia.

This is 8% less in value and 6% less in quantity than the same period in 2024.

Thus, Azerbaijan ranks first among the countries exporting natural gas to Georgia.

In April alone, Georgia purchased 121 million cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan for $15.6 million, 11.4% and 8% more than the indicators of the previous year, respectively.

In the first four months of this year, Georgia purchased 1.1 billion cubic meters of natural gas from foreign countries for $217 million, which is 7.4% and 4.9% more than the previous year, respectively. In particular, Georgia received 449 million cubic meters of natural gas worth $119 million from Russia, 69.9 thousand cubic meters worth $99,700 from Iran, 43,300 cubic meters worth $74,500 from China, and 20 thousand cubic meters worth $28,000 from Belarus.

In 2024, Georgia purchased 2.315 billion cubic meters of natural gas worth $435.5 million, of which 1.664 billion cubic meters worth $254.3 million fell to Azerbaijan.