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1985

581,200

1990

501,700

1994

60,700

1995

38,500

1996

34,000

1997

33,200

1998

47,200

1999

60,330

2000

23,999

2001

23,000

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

First Stage Processing,

Including

13,424.3

7,992.0

8,895.7

9,158.5

9,988.9

12,897.8

4,793.1

4,478.6

Black Baikhi

6,732.0

5,804.7

6,152.6

8,360.7

11,789.8

4,361.9

4,219.4

Green Baikhi

1,260.0

3,091.0

3,005.9

1,628.2

1,108.0

431.2

259.2

Natural Tea, Including

4,473.3

4,230.0

3,747.4

7,759.2

4,871.0

4,509.0

3,014.7

3,765.1

Packed

4,003.9

1,997.2

2,796.2

6,420.0

2,955.7

2,648.4

1,904.8

2,695.5

Green Break

469.4

2,232.8

951.2

1,339.2

1,915.3

1,860.6

1,109.9

1,069.6

Granulated Tea

144.0

890.1

605.3

474.1

658.7

Liquid Tea

39.0

58.0

Total

17,897.6

12,222.0

12,643.1

17,061.7

15,750.0

18,012.1

8,320.9

8,960.4

1999

2000

2001

Production by Households, tons

25,942

8,160

21,390

Total Production, tons

60,330

23,999

23,000

Household Share in Total Production, percent

0.43%

0.34%

0.93%

Georgian Foreign Trade Statistics. In 2002 Georgian foreign trade turnover (registered) totalled US$1045,0 million, that is 104,6 % of previous year's data for the appropriate period. From this export is US$325,0 million (101,5% accordingly) and import -US $720,0 million (106,1%). Negative trade balance of Georgian trade for 2002 stood at US$395,0 million.

The following table shows the trends in Georgia's trade balance:

In 2002 Georgia had a negative trade balance with 89 partner countries, with whom the trade gap amounted 454,2 million US Dollars in comparison with the last year when the same figure was indicated by 378,8 million US $ with 88 partner countries. Georgia had a positive trade balance of US $ 59,2 million with 40 countries, and in 2001 with 30 countries (positive balance of US $ 59,2 million).

In 2002 the foreign trade with CIS countries have increased. The 30.6% of the trade gap covers these countries (29.7% for the same period of the last year). The foreign trade with CIS countries amounted US $ 4337.4 million in 2002 (the amount increased by 10.6% in comparison with the same period of the year 2001). CIS countries share 41,9% of Georgia's foreign trade turnover, among them exports share 48,7% and imports 38,8% (accordingly 39.6%; 45.1% and 37.0% - in the year 2001).

Trade turnover with Russia reflected US $ 162.8 million and has declined by 1.2% in comparison with the same period of the year 2001, and Georgian foreign trade turnover with Russia have decreased by 0.9 per cent points from 16.5% to 15.6%.

Georgian Foreign Trade: 2001-2002 (in US$ millions)



Georgia's Top Ten Export Destinations in 2002 (in US$ millions)



Major export products in 2002 (in US$ millions)