Georgia exported 2.7 tonnes of raw gold worth $97.5 million in 2020, the State Statistics Service said.

It said that gold exports were not significantly up amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but the revenues gained from gold sale grew by 33.9 percent year-on-year.

Georgia sold gold in four countries: Switzerland, Germany, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Last year, the country imported a total of $6,000 worth of gold powder.