Editing Economy of Georgia (country) (section)

==Trade==
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{{legend|#aa0000|Georgia}}
{{legend|#008000|Countries with whom Georgia signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA)}}
{{legend|#aade87|Countries with whom Georgia has General Schemes of Preference (GSP)}}]]

Since 2014, Georgia is part of the [[European Union]]'s [[Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area|Free Trade Area]], with the EU continuing to be the country's largest trading partner, accounting for over a quarter of Georgia's total trade turnover.<ref name="Georgia"/> Following the EU trade pact, 2015 was marked by further increase in bilateral trade, whereas trade with the Russian-led [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] (CIS) decreased by 22%.<ref name="Georgia’s 2015 Foreign Trade"/>

In 2023, Georgia signed comprehensive economic agreement with [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]], under which two countries established free trade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Georgia, UAE officially sign comprehensive economic partnership agreement {{!}} AGENDA.GE |url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2023/3786 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=agenda.ge |language=en}}</ref>

As of 2015, in the order of magnitude, Georgia's main exports were: [[copper ore]]s and concentrates, [[ferroalloy]]s, [[hazelnut]], [[medication]]s, [[nitrogen fertilizer]]s, [[wine]], [[crude oil]], [[mineral water]], non-denatured [[ethanol]] and spirits.<ref name="Georgia’s 2015 Foreign Trade"/>

In 2015, Georgia's main imports, in the order of magnitude, were: [[oil products]], [[vehicle]]s, [[hydrocarbon]]s, copper ores and concentrates,  [[mobile phone]]s and other wireless phones, [[wheat]], [[cigarette]]s, iron tubes and pipes, structures and parts of structures of iron.<ref name="Georgia’s 2015 Foreign Trade"/>

In 2019, Georgian exports to Armenia grew by 2% compared to the previous year, while imports decreased by 7%. Georgia exported 98.3 million $ worth of products to Armenia (4% of total exports), and imported 46.9 million $ (1% of total imports) in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trademap.org/Bilateral.aspx?nvpm=1%7c268%7c%7c051%7c%7cTOTAL%7c%7c%7c2%7c1%7c1%7c2%7c1%7c%7c1%7c1%7c1%7c1|title=Bilateral trade Georgia–Armenia in 2019|website=trademap.org|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref>
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|+Trade statistics<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goods exports (BoP, current US$) - Georgia |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.GSR.MRCH.CD?locations=GE |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=World Bank Open Data}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Goods imports (BoP, current US$) - Georgia |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BM.GSR.MRCH.CD?locations=GE |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=World Bank Open Data}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Net trade in goods (BoP, current US$) - Georgia |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BN.GSR.MRCH.CD?locations=GE |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=World Bank Open Data}}</ref>
!Year
!2000
!2005
!2010
!2015
!2016
!2017
!2018
!2019
!2020
!2021
!2022
!2023
|-
|Exports, billion US$
|0.5
|1.4
|2.4
|3.0
|2.9
|3.6
|4.4
|5.0
|4.4
|5.5
|7.5
|8.1
|-
|Imports, billion US$
|1.0
|2.6
|5.0
|7.0
|6.8
|7.4
|8.5
|8.7
|7.5
|9.3
|12.6
|14.2
|-
|Net trade, billion US$
|−0.5
|−1.2
|−2.6
|−4.0
|−3.9
|−3.8
|−4.1
|−3.8
|−3.1
|−3.8
|−5.1
|−6.1
|}