Twinning project Strengthening the Capacity of the Georgian

Twinning project - "Strengthening the Capacity of the Georgian Statistical System" Component 1. Development of External sector statistics Sub-component 1. 1 - Mirror Comparison in International Merchandise Trade Statistics Examination of Some Asymmetries External Trade Statistics Division External Trade and Foreign Investments Statistics Department October, 2020 Tbilisi, Georgia

Selected Commodity Groups and Countries by Exports Selected countries Selected commodity groups (HS 6) 260300 270900 740200 271019 Bulgaria Romania Spain Germany Italy Malta France United Kingdom 2

Selected Commodity Groups and Countries by Imports Selected commodity groups (HS 6) 271019 841182 300490 902300 841199 271012 Selected countries Greece Netherlands France Austria Bulgaria United Kingdom Romania 3

Main Criteria for Country Selection • Preference according to the largest asymmetries; • Periodicity of asymmetry – high frequency; • Asymmetry with one country on several goods; • Potential benefits in connection with a particular country. 4

Selected Countries Country Bulgaria Romania Italy Germany Note High asymmetry by following commodities: HS 260300, HS 271012 and HS 270900 High asymmetry by following commodities: HS 260300 and HS 271012 High asymmetry by following commodity HS 271019 High asymmetry by following commodities: HS 740200 and HS 300490 France High asymmetry by following commodity HS 300490 Netherlands HS- 271019290; 841182; 841199 • • • Possible Reasons Country of origin (not country of consignment); Wrong country of destination during transit; Warehouse (time difference). Italy records large imports of fuel oil from Georgia, while Georgia exports only to Malta by transit via Italy. It is possible that transit causes high asymmetry. § Transit via Georgia to Armenia and Azerbaijan; § Warehouse (time difference). No import or transit is recorded for HS- 5

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