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Trade between China and Georgia

In 2024, China exported $1.6 billion to Georgia and imported $303 million. China ran a surplus of $1.3 billion with Georgia, compared with a surplus of $810 million in 2019. Georgia was China’s 124th largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was Georgia’s 4th (8%).

Summary

China → Georgia
$1.6billion
Georgia → China
$303million
China’s balance
$1.3billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Georgia

Trade between China and Georgia grew 4,779.6-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1.6
  • Imports 0.3
  • Balance +1.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$340 thousand$61 thousand$278 thousand
1996$2 million$342 thousand$2 million
1997$2 million$4 million-$2 million
1998$5 million$2 million$3 million
1999$4 million$2 million$3 million
2000$4 million$1 million$3 million
2001$6 million$3 million$3 million
2002$12 million$3 million$10 million
2003$28 million$6 million$22 million
2004$35 million$34 million$93 thousand
2005$55 million$5 million$49 million
2006$111 million$12 million$99 million
2007$226 million$10 million$216 million
2008$327 million$9 million$318 million
2009$208 million$10 million$198 million
2010$357 million$53 million$303 million
2011$565 million$37 million$528 million
2012$683 million$32 million$652 million
2013$686 million$49 million$636 million
2014$814 million$105 million$710 million
2015$653 million$140 million$513 million
2016$624 million$191 million$433 million
2017$788 million$224 million$564 million
2018$901 million$217 million$684 million
2019$1.1 billion$257 million$810 million
2020$867 million$499 million$368 million
2021$955 million$574 million$381 million
2022$1.2 billion$675 million$502 million
2023$1.3 billion$311 million$1 billion
2024$1.6 billion$303 million$1.3 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Georgia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Trucks$59 million · 3.6%
    7 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  2. Coated flat steel$52 million · 3.2%
    61 thousand tonnes
  3. New tires$51 million · 3.2%
    18 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  4. Air conditioners$44 million · 2.7%
    6 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  5. Cars$40 million · 2.5%
    2 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  6. Computers$34 million · 2.1%
    349 tonnes · China’s destinations
  7. Lamps and light fittings$33 million · 2.1%
    5 thousand tonnes
  8. Refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps$32 million · 2%
    7 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  9. Poultry meat$30 million · 1.9%
    16 thousand tonnes
  10. Monitors and projectors$28 million · 1.8%
    1 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations

What Georgia sells to China

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Precious metal ore$181 million · 59.7%
    65 thousand tonnes
  2. Copper ore$39 million · 12.9%
    20 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  3. Ginger, saffron, turmeric and other spices$28 million · 9.4%
    7 thousand tonnes
  4. Medical and dental instruments$23 million · 7.6%
    59 tonnes · China’s sources
  5. Wine$9 million · 3.1%
    3 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  6. Copper scrap$8 million · 2.5%
    1 thousand tonnes
  7. Unwrought aluminum$3 million · 1%
    1 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  8. Refined copper$2 million · 0.79%
    315 tonnes · China’s sources
  9. Orthopedic and hearing devices$2 million · 0.78%
    3 tonnes
  10. Other nuts (almonds, walnuts)$2 million · 0.55%
    460 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Batumi.

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Batumi is 15,470 nautical miles (28,650 km) long: ≈ 36–46 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Dardanelles and the Bosporus (15,470 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Dardanelles and the Bosporus (8,743 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.8 billion · 94.4%
  2. Air$108 million · 5.6%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Georgia was China’s 124th largest trading partner (0% of its trade), and China was Georgia’s 4th (8%).

Georgia in China’s trade
0%
Georgia’s rank among China’s partners
124th
China in Georgia’s trade
7.8%
China’s rank among Georgia’s partners
4th

Compare with

Other partners of China

Other partners of Georgia

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.