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Trade between Georgia and Turkey

In 2024, Georgia exported $604 million to Turkey and imported $2.8 billion. Georgia ran a deficit of $2.2 billion with Turkey, compared with a deficit of $1.4 billion in 2019. Turkey was Georgia’s largest trading partner (14% of its trade), and Georgia was Turkey’s 37th (0.6%).

Summary

Georgia → Turkey
$604million
Turkey → Georgia
$2.8billion
Georgia’s balance
-$2.2billion

Balance

Georgia’s trade balance with Turkey

Trade between Georgia and Turkey grew 29-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 0.6
  • Imports 2.8
  • Balance -2.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$50 million$68 million-$18 million
1996$37 million$90 million-$53 million
1997$72 million$144 million-$72 million
1998$87 million$134 million-$47 million
1999$88 million$89 million-$998 thousand
2000$145 million$121 million$25 million
2001$122 million$125 million-$3 million
2002$115 million$106 million$9 million
2003$223 million$139 million$84 million
2004$311 million$232 million$79 million
2005$301 million$316 million-$15 million
2006$359 million$538 million-$179 million
2007$298 million$742 million-$443 million
2008$432 million$959 million-$526 million
2009$309 million$709 million-$400 million
2010$285 million$877 million-$592 million
2011$290 million$1.3 billion-$980 million
2012$173 million$1.5 billion-$1.3 billion
2013$237 million$1.4 billion-$1.2 billion
2014$288 million$1.7 billion-$1.5 billion
2015$295 million$1.4 billion-$1.1 billion
2016$244 million$1.4 billion-$1.2 billion
2017$252 million$1.4 billion-$1.2 billion
2018$265 million$1.5 billion-$1.2 billion
2019$286 million$1.7 billion-$1.4 billion
2020$325 million$1.4 billion-$1.1 billion
2021$472 million$1.9 billion-$1.4 billion
2022$769 million$2.4 billion-$1.7 billion
2023$706 million$2.6 billion-$1.9 billion
2024$604 million$2.8 billion-$2.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Georgia sells to Turkey

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

  1. Ferroalloys$140 million · 23.2%
    129 thousand tonnes
  2. Electricity$101 million · 16.7%
  3. T-shirts$71 million · 11.8%
    1 thousand tonnes
  4. 1 thousand tonnes
  5. Fish oil and marine fats$30 million · 4.9%
    6 thousand tonnes
  6. Refined petroleum$23 million · 3.8%
    24 thousand tonnes · Turkey’s sources
  7. Meat and fish meal$17 million · 2.9%
    8 thousand tonnes
  8. Aluminum scrap$14 million · 2.4%
    7 thousand tonnes
  9. Gold$13 million · 2.2%
    Turkey’s sources
  10. Copper scrap$12 million · 2%
    1 thousand tonnes

What Turkey sells to Georgia

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

  1. 5 thousand tonnes · Turkey’s destinations
  2. Refined petroleum$77 million · 2.7%
    76 thousand tonnes · Turkey’s destinations
  3. Steel structures$71 million · 2.5%
    33 thousand tonnes
  4. Cars$68 million · 2.4%
    3 thousand tonnes · Turkey’s destinations
  5. Welded steel pipes$67 million · 2.4%
    79 thousand tonnes
  6. Toilet paper and tissues$58 million · 2.1%
    22 thousand tonnes
  7. 52 thousand tonnes
  8. Gold$50 million · 1.8%
    1 tonne · Turkey’s destinations
  9. Furniture$44 million · 1.6%
    27 thousand tonnes · Turkey’s destinations
  10. Aluminum bars and profiles$41 million · 1.5%
    8 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Batumi to Istanbul.

The estimated sea route between Batumi and Istanbul is 610 nautical miles (1,129 km) long: ≈ 1.5–2 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

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$767 million · 22.4%
  2. Land$2.7 billion · 77.6%

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

How much each matters to the other

Turkey was Georgia’s largest trading partner (14% of its trade), and Georgia was Turkey’s 37th (0.6%).

Turkey in Georgia’s trade
13.9%
Turkey’s rank among Georgia’s partners
1st
Georgia in Turkey’s trade
0.6%
Georgia’s rank among Turkey’s partners
37th

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Sources and methodology

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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.