The Georgia-Ukraine foreign trade turnover in January-August 2010 marked a 26.82 percent growth year on year to 393.388 million USD as of September 1, 2010.
GeoStat, the National Statistics Office of Georgia, says Ukraine ranks third among Georgia’s major trade partners with a 9.7 percent ratio, including the exports account for 62.836 million USD, up 33 percent compared to January-August 2009, and the imports – 330.05 million USD, up 25.9 percent year on year.
Ethyl alcohol and spirits rank first in Georgia’s major export items with Ukraine. The country exported the product worth 15.938 million USD, while the figure marked 19.237 million USD in January-August 2009.
Exports of mineral and spring waters rose to 11.383 million USD from 9.18 million USD.
Wine exports mark 11.076 million USD (7.221 million USD in January-August 2009); ferroalloys – 10.874 million USD (4.393 million USD in January-August 2009); railway locomotives – 5.4 million USD 93.634 million USD in January-August 2009).
Cigarettes rank first in Georgia import items from Ukraine with 38.648 million USD (30.335 million USD in January-August 2009); Carbon steel fittings rank second with 30.962 million USD (30.963 million USD in January-August 2009); sunflower oil – 17.678 million USD (13.755 million USD in January-August 2009); Coal coke and semi-coke – 15.217 million USD (5.836 million USD in January-August 2009), oil and oil products – 9.347 million USD (1.676 million USD in January-August 2009).