In the first half of 2020, the top three importers of fuel to Georgia were Russia, Romania, Azerbaijan, the Union of Oil Importers of Georgia reports.
In January-June 2020, the most massive petrol and diesel fuel imports to Georgia came from Russia - 176.0 thousand tons. It is 35.3% of total imports.
In the reporting period, 18.1% of the total fuel was imported from Romania, and 17.8% from Azerbaijan.
The fuel imports to Georgia is as follows:
Russia - 176.0 thousand tonnes (35.3%);
Romania - 90.2 thousand tonnes (18.1%);
Azerbaijan - 88.8 thousand tonnes (17.8%);
Turkmenistan - 50.3 thousand tonnes (10.1%);
Bulgaria - 36.6 thousand tonnes (7.4%);
Greece - 21.4 thousand tonnes (4.3%);
Kazakhstan - 20.3 thousand tonnes (4.1%);
Turkey - 9.1 thousand tonnes (1.8%);
United Arab Emirates - 1.5 thousand tonnes (0.3%);
Austria - 1.3 thousand tonnes (0.3%);
Switzerland - 1.1 thousand tonnes (0.2%);
Singapore - 1.0 thousand tonnes (0.2%);
Hong Kong - 0.2 thousand tonnes (0.1%).
Notably, in January-June 2020, the total volume of imports of petrol and diesel to Georgia equaled 497.9 thousand tonnes, which is 3.6 thousand tonnes or 0.7% more than in the same period in 2019 (494, 3 thousand tonnes).