Tbilisi (GBC) – Visitors’ card transactions from Georgia abroad amounted to 1.538 billion GEL in March-April. Annual expenses have increased by 26%.

There is a decrease of 30 million in April, compared to March. In total, there are 3 billion GEL transactions in 4 months (GEL 2.947 billion; +25%Y.Y).

More than 90% of the volume of payments comes from non-cash payments. ATM withdrawals are equivalent to 255,565,000 GEL in foreign currency.

Azerbaijan takes the lead in ATM withdrawals in the neighborhood – GEL 4.7 million. Belarus ranks the 2nd with 4.2 million GEL (equivalent in other currencies) and visitors from Georgia, using plastic cards of the Georgian Bank, have withdrawn up to 3 million GEL in Armenia. Up to 1 million GEL (GEL 0.988 million) has been cashed out on the territory of Ukraine.

At the current official exchange rate, 1 Azerbaijani manat is AZN 1.69 GEL; 1 Belarusian ruble BYN /GEL 0.88; 10 Ukrainian hryvnia UAH/GEL 0.704; 1,000 Armenian dram AMD/GEL 7.4;

Card transactions By POS-terminals Abroad

 

 

Jenuary -April /2024

2023 (mln GEL)

Ukraine

19 770 767

  27.6

Azerbaijan

  8 525 000

  29.9

Belarussia

  8 000 000

  33.8

Armenia

  6 753 000

  34.2

Spain

50 787 600

178,5

Italy

50 352 000

196.6

France

49 921 000

188.8

Germany

41 794 700

158.7

Austria

16 147 150

  52.0

Poland

12 219 000

  54.7

USA

36 634 300

152.2

Turkey

57 780 100

277.3

Israel 

  9 262 034

  41.6