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How dependent is Georgia on Turkey?

In 2024, Turkey sold $2.8 billion to Georgia, 15.6% of its imports, ranking 1st among its suppliers. Its share was 16.3% in 2019 and 20.3% in 1995. In 106 products it sells more than 50% of what Georgia buys of them (in 29, more than 75%); what Georgia buys from Turkey in those products (dominated value) adds up to $1 billion, 5.6% of its imports.

Summary

Share of its imports
15.6%
Value imported
$2.8billion
Rank among its suppliers
1st
Products where it sells over 50%
106
Products where it sells over 75%
29
Dominated value
$1billion
Share of total imports
5.6%

Trend

Trend in shares

Turkey went from 20.3% to 15.6% of what Georgia buys

Share (%)

  • Turkey 15.6%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearValue (USD millions)ShareRank
19956820.3%1
1996908.2%3
199714412%2
199813411.8%2
19998910.9%3
200012112.9%1
200112513%1
200210610.3%3
20031398.9%2
20042329.8%2
200531610.6%2
200653813.2%2
200774213.4%1
200895914.3%1
200970916.2%1
201087715.9%1
20111,27016.7%1
20121,47617.3%1
20131,45016.8%1
20141,74318.9%1
20151,35917.4%1
20161,39518%1
20171,42716.6%1
20181,51315.3%1
20191,65116.3%1
20201,42216.5%1
20211,86717.8%1
20222,42917.4%1
20232,59016%1
20242,81415.6%1

Products where Turkey sells more than half

ProductSupplierShareSecondValue
Steel structuresTurkey52.1%China · 13%$71 million
Welded steel pipesTurkey79.3%over 75%Russia · 9.8%$67 million
Toilet paper and tissuesTurkey67.8%Russia · 15.4%$58 million
Detergents and surfactantsTurkey60.4%France · 6.5%$55 million
Aluminum bars and profilesTurkey86.3%over 75%Belarus · 2.2%$41 million
Cables and wireTurkey55.1%China · 17.6%$38 million
Plastic pipes and hosesTurkey53.3%Russia · 8%$33 million
Particle board and OSBTurkey73%Russia · 18.3%$32 million
Other knitted fabricTurkey87%over 75%China · 8.4%$27 million
Fiberboard (MDF)Turkey57.7%China · 10.3%$27 million
Plastic packagingTurkey50.2%Armenia · 10.1%$25 million
Paper boxes and packagingTurkey64%Ukraine · 7.4%$22 million
Other made-up textilesTurkey76.7%over 75%China · 14.4%$22 million
Plastic rods and profilesTurkey65.6%Azerbaijan · 11.2%$20 million
Hot-rolled flat steelTurkey51.4%Russia · 23%$18 million
Putty and sealantsTurkey58.4%Azerbaijan · 11%$18 million
Other plastic sheetsTurkey58.5%Russia · 11.9%$18 million
Aluminum structuresTurkey70.7%China · 9.8%$17 million
TomatoesTurkey97.6%over 75%Azerbaijan · 2.3%$17 million
BatteriesTurkey52.3%China · 5.6%$17 million
Aluminum cans, drums and containersTurkey52.5%Russia · 21.2%$16 million
Synthetic fiber yarnTurkey100%over 75%China · 0.02%$16 million
Plastic tableware and household itemsTurkey53.9%China · 21.4%$15 million
Woven carpetsTurkey87%over 75%China · 4.9%$14 million
Large-diameter steel pipesTurkey89.1%over 75%Kazakhstan · 4.6%$12 million
Bed, table and kitchen linenTurkey60.2%China · 23.3%$12 million
Tissue paper stockTurkey95.8%over 75%Russia · 1.8%$12 million
Non-electric stoves, cookers and barbecuesTurkey61%Ukraine · 23.4%$12 million
SoapTurkey56%Russia · 11%$11 million
Other fresh vegetablesTurkey81.8%over 75%Armenia · 5.1%$11 million

and 76 more

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

Are there other suppliers in the world?

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Seen from Turkey

Georgia is Turkey’s 24th-largest customer, with 1% of its exports.

Sources and method

Sources and licenses

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.