In August 2013, the volume of money transfers from abroad constituted 129.0 million USD (214.3 million GEL), which is 13.0 million USD (21.6 million GEL), or 11.2 percent more than the amount in August 2012.

93.6 percent of the total money transfers from abroad came from 12 big donor countries, with the volume of transfers from of these countries each exceeding 1 million USD in August 2013. In August 2012 the share of these 12 countries constituted 94.8 percent of the total volume of money transfers.

 

	Volume of money transfers in August 2013 Million US dollars	Structure of money transfers by the biggest donor countries %
		August 2012	August 2013
Total	129.0	100.0	100.0
Russia	72.8	59.8	56.5
Greece	15.9	10.1	12.3
Italy	9.5	7.0	7.4
United States	6.3	5.3	4.9
Turkey	3.6	2.3	2.8
Ukraine	3.0	3.3	2.4
Spain	2.1	1.6	1.6
Israel	1.7	1.1	1.3
United   Kingdom	1.6	1.5	1.2
Kazakhstan	1.6	1.0	1.2
Germany	1.5	0.9	1.1
Azerbaijan	1.2	0.8	0.9

  

In August 2013, 13.5 million USD (or 22.4 million GEL) was transferred from Georgia, as compared to 9.0 million USD (or 14.8 million GEL) in August 2012.  

The structure of remittances transferred by electronic wire systems for the reference month is shown on the graph below.

 

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