Monday, July 13, 2026

Georgia hopes to keep its free trade with Russia

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“We will do our best to continue free trade with Russia,” says Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Georgia’s Economy Minister.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Economy Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said Sunday that his country will try to have free trade with both Russia and the European Union.

An expert meeting between Georgian and Russian bureaucrats is planned for Monday in Prague

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Two thirds of Georgia's growing wine export goes to Russia

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From a wine festival in Sighnaghi in 2013. (Click on image to read about the festival.) (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia exported 26,872,145 bottles of wine in the first half of 2014. Out of the 34 different countries receiving the wine, two thirds of it went to Russia.

In sheer volume, the almost 27 million bottles, each 0.75 liters, if put together

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Russian experts in Georgia to inspect produce

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Georgian agricultural products are being scrutinized by Russian phytosanitary experts. (Photo published by the Ministry of Agriculture.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of four experts from Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Rosselkhoznadzor, Monday arrived in Georgia to examine the quality of fruit and other products that are exported to the Russian market.

The

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Foreign trade turnover Jan-Apr up 14%

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Georgia’s foreign trade in the first four months of 2014 was 14% higher than the same period last year. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in January-April of 2014 was 14 percent more than the same period last year, according to preliminary data from Georgian National Statistics Department.

According to the short preliminary report published on Friday,

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