Prices are changing in the car market — Official figures announced

In January-March of this year, Georgia exported 919 cars worth 29.9 million US dollars to Azerbaijan. Based on calculations made using data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia, this is 41% less in value and 53% less in quantity compared to the same period in 2025. Thus, Azerbaijan ranks 3rd among the countries to which Georgia exports cars. In the first 3 months of this year, Georgia sold 14,237 cars worth 364.5 million US dollars to foreign countries, which represents a respective decrease of 27% and 30% compared to the figures of the previous year. During the reporting period, 4,459 cars worth 183.6 million US dollars were supplied from Georgia to Kyrgyzstan, 5,422 cars worth 85.9 million US dollars to Kazakhstan, 1,250 cars worth 20.2 million US dollars to Tajikistan, and 596 cars worth 13.75 million US dollars to Armenia.

Regarding the issue, transport expert Eldeniz Jafarov gave a statement to Demokrat.az.

He said that although car imports from Georgia to Azerbaijan have decreased, there is no sharp decline in imports from other countries:

“Cars are brought to and imported into our country from various countries via different routes. Therefore, we are not dependent solely on the Georgia route. For this reason, the decrease in the number of cars imported from Georgia does not negatively affect our domestic car market. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, certain legislative changes have been made in Georgia regarding car importation. Firstly, the Euro-5 standard has now been adopted there. Cars that do not meet these standards cannot be imported into Georgia. Also, the import of vehicles older than seven years has already been restricted there. This also has some impact. Furthermore, the Trans-Caspian route has already started operating. That is, vehicles from the Far East, China, can be transported via this route. Countries like Azerbaijan can now import cars from China not only by sea but also directly by railway. These factors have affected Georgia’s overall car market and re-export policy.”

In other words, the new ecological standards introduced in Georgia and the direct railway import of cars from China to Azerbaijan have pushed the Georgian market into the background.