Embassy of the United States Georgia

This webpage is part of our effort to provide useful commercial information to help foster economic growth in the U.S. and Georgia by assisting U.S investors and exporters to learn more about Georgia. Please review the links below and feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Please note that the counseling provided by the Embassy does not relieve business people of the need to obtain expert advice from local legal, accounting, or other private advisors before undertaking business transactions in Georgia. 

Contact us:  Tbilisicommerce@state.gov

Presidential Initiatives- National Export Initiative, March 11, 2010

• http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-national-export-initiative
• National Export Initiative: http://www.export.gov/ U.S. Government Business/Investment Support

Links to Business Resources

• U.S. Commercial Service - Market Research and Reports for Georgia
• 2009 Country Commercial Guide (PDF 800 kb)
• Commercial News, Monthly Department  of Commerce publication where American trade show events are advertised and promoted ·         
• United States Trade and Development Agency: http://www.ustda.gov/
• Department of Commerce: http://www.commerce.gov/
• U.S. Commercial Services: http://www.buyusa.gov
• International Trade Administration: http://trade.gov/index.asp
• Special American Business Internship Training Program, SABIT:http://trade.gov/mac/Developmental_Programs/sabit/index.asp
• United States Agency for International Development, USAID:http://georgia.usaid.gov/ 

Learn the Georgian Market

• American Chamber of Commerce, AmCham: http://www.amcham.ge/
• AmCham Investment Guide: http://www.investmentguide.ge/ 
• National Investment Agency: http://www.investingeorgia.org/ 
• American Georgian Business Council: http://www.agbdc.com/ 
• Georgian Chamber of Commerce: http://gcci.ge/ 
• Tbilisi City Hall Business Portal 
• Legal and Business Consulting Firms in Tbilisi, Georgian (PDF 27 kb) 
• American Business Internship Training Program, SABIT: http://trade.gov/mac/Developmental_Programs/sabit/index.asp 
• United States Agency for International Development, USAID: http://georgia.usaid.gov/ 

Financing and Insurance

• Overseas Private Insurance Corporation, OPIC: http://www.opic.gov/
• World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org/
• InternationalFinance Corporation, IFC: http://www.ifc.org/         
• Import Export Bank: http://www.exim.gov/

Market Opportunities (Auctions, Tender, etc.)

• Tbilisi Municipal Portal: http://www.tbilisi.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=172          
• Georgian Tenders: http://www.tenders.gov.ge/?lan=en&p=MzM=&page=1584        
• Ministry of Economic Development:   
• Tenders: http://www.economy.ge/?category=3&lang=eng   
• Property: http://www.privatization.ge/spp/eng/ (click on ‘Privatization' for ongoing sales)          
• United Nations Development Program, UNDP:http://www.undp.org.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=1   
• EBRD: http://www.ebrd.com/oppor/procure/index.htm          
• Asian Development Bank, ADB (click on ‘Projects'): http://www.adb.org/

Resources

• World Bank Data and Statistics
• Georgian Economic Statistics website, Geostat          
• Tbilisi Municipal Portal          
• U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/          
• U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Data: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/country/index.html          
• Doing Business in International Markets: http://www.state.gov/e/eeb/cba/   
• International Buyers Program, IBP: http://www.export.gov/ibp/index.asp
• IBP Events listing: http://www.export.gov/ibp/ibp.asp?ReportID=IBP