Money Transfers in April

Money Transfers in April

15 May, 2013
In April 2013, the volume of money transfers from abroad constituted 122.4 million USD (202.3 million GEL), which is 9.7 million USD (16.1 million GEL), or 8.6 percent more than the same amount for April 2012. 

94.0 percent of total money transfers from abroad fall on those 12 big donor countries, from which the volume of such transfers exceeded 1 million USD in April. In April 2012 the share of these 12 countries constituted 95.0 percent of the total volume of money transfers. 


 

Volume of money transfers in April, 2013

Million US Dollars

Structure of money transfers by the biggest donor countries %

April, 2012

April, 2013

Total     

122.4

100.0

100.0

Russia

66.6

56.5

54.5

Greece

16.7

12.8

13.6

Italy

9.0

7.5

7.3

USA

6.4

5.8

5.2

Ukraine

3.9

3.5

3.2

Turkey

3.3

1.8

2.7

Spain

2.0

2.1

1.6

United Kingdom

1.7

1.3

1.4

Israel

1.6

1.3

1.3

Germany

1.5

1.0

1.2

Kazakhstan

1.1

0.7

0.9

Azerbaijan

1.1

0.7

0.9




In April 2013, 137 million USD (or 22.7 million GEL) were transferred from Georgia instead of 7.9 million USD (or 12.9 million GEL) in April 2012. 

In the reference month, the structure of remittances by electronic wire systems is shown on the graph below. 
 


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