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July 21, 2021
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IN JUNE, INDUSTRIAL PPI INCREASED BY 15.7% Y-O-Y
Economics
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Sakstat reported that in June, Georgian producer price index (PPI) of industrial production has increased by 15.7% year-on-year. If compared with the previous month (May), PPI has decreased by 1.1%.
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IN JUNE, GEORGIA’S EXPORT PRICE INDEX INCREASED BY 10% Y-O-Y, IMPORT PRICE INDEX – BY 26.4%
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Sakstat reported that Georgia’s export price index increased in June by 10% year-on-year. If compared with the previous month (May), the volume has reduced by 2.9%.
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IN H1, SHARE OF 10 LARGEST PARTNERS IN GEORGIA’S TRADE TURNOVER MADE UP 70.4%
Economics
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Sakstat reported that in Georgia’s trade turnover for 6 months of this year ($6.2 billion), share of 10 largest trade partners made up 70.4%. In the same period of 2020, this share made up 69.9% (respectively, has increased by 0.5 percentage points this year).
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GEORGIA PLANS TO AGREE NEW PROGRAM WITH IMF BY END OF THE YEAR
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Georgia’s Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili declared that negotiations with IMF are underway regarding main directions of the new program. We think that we will agree on a new program at the end of the year, he said.
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IN Q2, PROFIT OF GEORGIAN BANKS INCREASED 2.4 TIMES Y-O-Y
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National Bank of Georgia (NBG) reported that net profit of 15 Georgian commercial banks totaled in the 2nd quarter to 647.8 million lari. The volume has increased by 57.3% quarter-on-quarter and 2.4 times year-on-year.
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NBG: INTERBANK MARKET TRANSACTIONS, CONDUCTED IN NATIONAL CURRENCY IN 2020, MADE UP 71.2% OF THE INDICATOR OF 2019
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National Bank of Georgia (NBG) reported that volume of transactions, conducted in national currency on the interbank market in 2020, totaled to 20.1 billion lari. This volume corresponds to 71.2% of the indicator of 2019, NBG pointed.
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AS OF JUNE 30, NUMBER OF DEBIT CARDS IN GEORGIA DECREASED BY 2.5% Q-O-Q AND BY 0.6% Y-O-Y
Economics
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National Bank of Georgia (NBG) reported that as of June 30, there were 6.16 million debit cards in circulation in the country. This number decreased by 2.5%, if compared with the end of December 2020, and by 0.6%, if compared with the end of June 2020.
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AS OF JUNE 30, NUMBER OF CREDIT CARDS IN GEORGIA DECREASED BY 1.8% Q-O-Q, BUT INCREASED BY 0.9% Y-O-Y
Economics
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National Bank of Georgia (NBG) reported that as of June 30, there were 551,719 credit cards in circulation in the country. This number has decreased by 1.8%, if compared with the end of December 2020, and increased by 0.9%, if compared with the end of June 2020.
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