Friday, December 5, 2025

Georgia sees a shift toward processing industry

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Used cars is no longer Georgia’s number one export article. (MIA.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s economy has shifted toward processing industry, after many years of basing its exports on used cars and scrap metal, according to an economy expert.

New figures show that the country’s economy is growing; and now, the export is no longer

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Russia sends experts to examine Georgian wine making

Davit Davitashvili
Davit Davitashvili, Chairman of the National Wine Agency. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Six Russian experts yesterday landed in Georgia to inspect the production process of wine with an eye to returning the beverage back onto Russian dinner tables.

They are sent here by the Russian consumer protection agency CPS to inspect companies

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Georgia's foreign trade sees sharp drop

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Writing on Facebook. Vano Merabishvili would be “in emergency mode” if he had still been prime minister. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s foreign trade turnover experienced a sharp downward trend at the end of 2012, according to precise data from Georgian National Statistics Department, GeoStat.

Although it is mostly the month of December which shows an alarming tendency,

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Petitioning to decriminalize white collar crime

Vano Merabishvili
The National Movement Party’s Secretary General, Vano Merabishvili, says Georgia’s economy is in an alarming state. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The party of President Mikheil Saakashvili has started a campaign to gather signatures in support of his initiatives about tax amnesty and decriminalization of financial crime.

The president presented his new initiatives to the government a few days

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