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By Nigar Orujova

Georgia has increased its import of gas from Azerbaijan by 2.3 times this year.

The South Caucasian neighbor imported from Azerbaijan an estimated 56,780 metric tons of natural gas in oil equivalent worth $35.68 million in January 2015, the Georgian National Statistics Service’s reported.

Georgia has imported natural gas worth $50.9 million since early 2015, the report said. Georgia also imported gas from Russia and other countries.

Back in 2014, for the same period, Georgia imported 24,470 metric tons of gas in oil equivalent in the amount of $43.17 million.

The specific weight of gas in Georgia's total import volume from Azerbaijan amounted to 70.6 percent in the reporting period.

Georgia imported products worth $50.6 million from Azerbaijan in January 2015.

Azerbaijan exports its own gas to Georgia via a pipeline connecting two countries in the Gazakh region of Azerbaijan. The capacity of gas pumping through this pipeline exceeds 2.5 billion cubic meters per year.

In general, import volumes from Azerbaijan to Georgia decreased by 1.4 percent during the year, according to the report.

Georgia imported Azerbaijani goods worth $51.3 million during the same period of 2014.

Georgia imported $637.59 million worth of products from Azerbaijan in 2014. The volume of Azerbaijan’s export to Georgia decreased by 2.4 percent over the past year.

Azerbaijan ranks third among the countries from which Georgia imports products. The share of Azerbaijani export in the total volume of goods imported to Georgia stands at7.4 percent.

Georgia mainly imports gas, petroleum products and electricity from Azerbaijan.

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