TBILISI, DFWatch–A ship Wednesday arrived in Batumi to take aboard 300 000 boxes, or 120 tons, of Georgian citrus fruits and bring the goods to Novorossiysk.
The citrus fruit originated in the two municipalities Khelvachauri and Kobuleti.
According to Zaur Putkaradze,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The acting Georgian finance minister on Wednesday met with representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to discuss priorities in next year’s budget and the country’s macroeconomic indicators.
Mark Griffiths, head of the IMF mission,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in January-October 2013 was one percent more than in the same period the year before.
According to preliminary data from the National Statistics Department, the total amount of foreign trade turnover in the first ten
TBILISI, DFWatch–The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has downgraded its prognosis for Georgia’s economic growth in 2013 from 3 to 2 percent.
EBRD said a few days ago that the GDP growth will also be reduced from 5 to 4 percent and the level of
TBILISI, DFWatch–The exchange rate of Georgian lari against the US dollar and the euro has fallen.
November 8, the exchange rate of lari against USD was 1.6793. November 7 it was 1.6737. The rate has been falling for one week. October 29 it was 1.6675.
The Georgian lari
TBILISI, DFWatch–There were 14.1 percent more visitors to Georgia in October, compared to last year, according to the Interior Ministry’s monthly report.
The number of visitors in October was 480 510. In the entire first ten months of this year, there were 4 556
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover fell by a negligible 0.1 percent in the first nine months of 2013, compared to last year, to USD 7 585 million.
USD 2 019 out of this was export, which is 14 percent more than last year, while the import was USD 5
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government of Georgia disagrees with a prognosis by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) indicating that Georgia’s economic growth will experience a further slowdown.
Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri said Friday that the government has been
TBILISI, DFWatch–The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its prognosis for Georgia’s economic growth this year from 6 to 2.5 percent.
In the beginning of 2013, IMF assumed Georgia would have 6 percent growth, but then reduced the prognosis to 4 percent
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia has refused to let seven Georgian wine producers export 28 types of wines to the Russian market ‘due to non-compliance with hygienic standards.’
The official website of the Russian consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor published a list