Money Transfers in April

Money Transfers in April

15 May, 2014

In April 2014, the volume of money transfers from abroad constituted 120.5 million USD (211.4 million GEL), which is 1.9 million USD (3.3 million GEL), or 1.5 percent less than the amount in April 2013.

90.4 percent of the total money transfers from abroad came from 9 big donor countries, with the volume of transfers from of these countries each exceeding 1.5 million USD in April 2014. In April 2013 the share of these 9 countries constituted 90.7 percent of the total volume of money transfers.  

 

 

Volume of money transfers in April 2014
Million US dollars

Structure of money transfers by the biggest donor countries %

April 2013

April 2014

Total     

120.5

100.0

100.0

Russia

61.7

54.5

51.2

Greece

17.4

13.6

14.5

Italy

9.8

7.3

8.1

United States

6.4

5.2

5.3

Turkey

5.0

2.7

4.2

Ukraine

2.5

3.2

2.1

Spain

2.3

1.6

1.9

Germany

1.9

1.2

1.6

Israel

1.9

1.3

1.6


In April 2014, 13.2 million USD (or 23.2 million GEL) was transferred from Georgia, as compared to 13.7 million USD (or 22.7 million GEL) in April 2013.


 

Present statistical information is published on the website of the National Bank of Georgia at the following address: http://nbg.gov.ge/index.php?m=306&lng=eng