TBILISI, DFWatch–A third team of Russian experts are coming to Georgia on September 16 to check the quality of wine and mineral water.
The experts come from the consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor and will check approximately 30 Georgian wine
Economy
Ivanishvili offers UNM to give advice through mediators
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says he will only deal with Mikheil Saakashvili’s National Movement party through mediators and suggests that they present their views to experts who then will explain it to the government.
Ivanishvili
Precise data confirm 2% drop in foreign trade turnover Jan-Jul
TBILISI, DFWatch–Precise data from Georgian Statistics Department (GeoStat) show that Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first seven months of 2013 was two percent less than in 2012.
The total amount of foreign trade turnover in January-July 2013 was USD 5 662
Turkey reduces transit fee for Georgian trucks
TBILISI, DFWatch–Turkey has lowered the transit fee for Georgian registered trucks to a quarter after several Georgian trucks failed to pay the amount usually paid by every other country.
From September 1, so-called panel vans and minibuses will have to pay 150 or 300
Georgia's foreign trade turnover down 2% Jan-Jul
TBILISI, DFWatch–Foreign trade turnover in January-July 2013 fell by 2 percent compared to the same period in 2012, according to preliminary data from Georgia’s National Statistics Department, GeoStat.
The total foreign trade turnover in the first seven months
Foreign investments in Georgia down by a fifth in 2012
TBILISI, DFWatch–Direct foreign investments in Georgia fell by almost a fifth in 2012, compared to 2011, according to data from the National Statistics Department (Geostat).
In 2012, the total amount of foreign investments was USD 912 million. This is five percent
Georgia increases subsidizes for wine industry threefold
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is subsidizing the grape harvest with 25 million lari (USD 15 million) in the form of cheap loans to wine companies. This is a threefold rise, compared to previous years.
Explaining the increased stimulation of the wine
Georgia had 26% more tourists so far in 2013
TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of people who visited Georgia has increased by 26 percent in the first seven months of 2013 compared to the same period last year.
Giorgi Sigua, Chairman of the National Tourism Administration, said at a briefing that in the first seven
EBRD compliments Georgia on stabilizing bank sector
TBILISI, DFWatch–The president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) says Georgia’s bank sector is in ‘a very good shape’.
Sir Suma Chakrabarti, EBRD President, said in an interview with the Georgian edition of Forbes Magazine that many
Georgia and Ukraine to boost bilateral trade
TBILISI, DFWatch-Georgia and Ukraine plan to increase bilateral trade turnover to one billion USD in 2013.
This was reported by Ukrainian media after a meeting between Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Olexandr Vilkul and Georgian Ambassador Mikhail Ukleba.
Vilkul said