Iran launched an unprecedented large-scale drone and missile attack at Israel on Saturday night, in retaliation for a suspected Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic complex in Syria, bringing the long-running shadow war between the two sides into the open and raising the prospect of full-blown regional conflict. Commersant was interested in Georgia's trade relations with Iran. According to Sakstat data, the trade turnover between Georgia and Iran in 2024 amounted to $44,371.12, of which imports stood at $40,049.56, exports at $4,321.56.

Georgia’s top 10 exports to Iran are:

Timber material, sawn or sawn lengthwise, with a thickness of more than 6 mm - 307,741.39 tons

• Ferroalloys - 61,957.70 tons

• 7214 rods of carbon steel, without further processing - 32,114.89 tons.

• Meat of sheep or goat, fresh, chilled or frozen - 10,501.31 tons

• 7304 pipes, tubes and hollow profiles, seamless and of ferrous metal - 7,850.61 tons

• Synthetic monofilament threads - 6,904.98 tons

Carbon steel semi-finished products - 3,221.24 tons

• Waters, including mineral and aerated waters, containing sugar additives - 3,198.19 tons.

• Oil and oil products - 2,721.71 tons.

• Regenerable paper and cardboard (wastepaper and waste) - 2,665.82 tons.

Georgia’s top 10 imports from Iran are:

• Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum processing - 788,769.24 tons

• Ceramic tiles, unglazed - 435,762.68 tons

• Salt - 211,483.20 tons

• Thermally polished glass and glossy and matt glass - 193,677.24 tons

• Carbon steel rods, without further processing - 131,917.39 tons

• Cement - 127,826.00 tons

• Ethylene polymers in primary forms - 90,051.65 tons.

• Oil and oil products - 57,108.79 tons.

• Pipes, tubes and hollow profiles, other, made of ferrous metals - 49,342.87 tons.

Processed stone - 49,034.99 tons.