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LOGISTICS GEORGIAN NATIONAL INVESTMENT AGENCY 2016 www.investingeorgia.org

RUSSIA Terek Daguestan

Sokhumi Mestia GEORGIA - COUNTRY OVERVIEW Soulak OVERVIEW OF GEORGIA’S LOGISTICS SECTOR Zugdidi Gudauri BLACK Anaklia Senaki Kutaisi Tskhinvali Poti Rioni SEA Mtkvari Gori Kobuleti GEORGIA TRANS-CAUCASIAN ROUTE Batumi Goderdzi Bakuriani Telavi Gonio Akhaltsikhe TBILISI Akhalkalaki ■■ Attractive gateway between Europe and Central Asia TURKEY ■■ Leveraging its location, Georgia’s transport economy can benefit ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN from large addressable transit flows, growing economies and landlocked resources ■■ Ports are cost-competitive vs. alternative routes GEORGIA ■■ FDI inflows in the transport and communication sector have primarily targeted transport infrastructure ■■ Around 60% of all types of overland international freight throughput are transits

TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

■■ Rapidly developing road infrastructure ■■ Deep-sea port with natural drafts for PanaMax vessel ■■ Direct connection with European and Central Asian railway networks (Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project)

Area: 69,700 sq km GDP 2015 (E) : USD 14 billions Population: 3.7 mln GDP real growth rate 2015 (E): 2.8% OPPORTUNITIES Life expectancy: 75 years GDP CAGR 2010-2015 (GEL) (E): 4.9% ■■ Containerization and logistical centers Official language: Georgian GDP per capita 2015: USD 3743 ■■ Warehousing and storage facilities Literacy: 100% Inflation rate 2015: 4% Capital: Tbilisi Total Public Debt to Nominal GDP (%) 35.5% Currency (code): Lari (GEL) 2014 :

2 3 TRANSPORT NETWORK IN GEORGIA GEORGIA’S EXISTING TRANSPORT ECONOMY IS ALREADY TRANSIT BASED – CROSS-BORDER SHIPMENTS ROAD/RAIL AND PIPELINES Poti seaport Main Road Network: ■■ 15 berths, 8-11m draft ■■ 1 603 km international roads (21 301 km all HAVE TRANSIT RATIOS OF ~65% AND ~95% (2014) ■■ Container(325k TEU) oil products (2 mln.t ) / bulk (6.8 mln. t/year) roads) ■■ APM terminals ■■ 150 km new Highway constructed ■■ New ICT TRANSPORT VOLUME BY PURPOSE TRANSSHIPMENT RATIO & MODAL SPLIT Tbilisi international airport MILLION TONS COMMODITY FLOWS % ■■ 1,847,111 passengers in 2015/capacity: 3 Batumi seaport million passengers ■ 11 berths, 1 offshore, 9-12m draft ■ ■■ Serving 35 destinations ■■ Oil/products (15mln. t/year), bulk (2mln. t/year), containers(100k TEU) ■■ JSC KazTransOil Batumi international airport ■■ 226,476 passengers In 2014 3.1 1.8 0.5 5.4 68% Kulevi oil terminal Russia 3.1 1.8 0.5 5.4 68% ■■ Crude oil, petroleum, Kutaisi international airport and lubricants (5mln. t/year capacity) ■■ 182.954 Passenger in 2014, incl. low-cost ■■ State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Mestia airlines. ROAD 3.1 1.8 0.5 5.4 68%

Deep Seaport 8.2 0.8 0.2 9.2 89% Supsa oil terminal 3.1 1.8 0.5 5.4 68% Kulevi Kutaisi 8.2 0.8 0.2 9.2 89% ■■ Crude oil and petroleum, Poti capacity 8mln t/year ■■ Offshore loading facilities Supsa Tbilisi 8.2 0.8 0.2 9.2 89% ▪ Oil & Batumi ▪ Gas (8 Bln m3) f▪romO Kil Z& and AZ (BTC, New Deep-sea port 35.4 1.7 0.3 37.4 94.6% 8.2 0.8 0.2 9.2 89% W▪ REGP(aSsu p(8s aB)l,n S mCP3,) NS ■ 18-20m natural draft RAIL ■ 35.4 1.7 0.3 37.4 94.6% from KZ and AZ (BTC, ■ First three phase: Dry bulk (40mln tons) ■ Turkey ▪ WOiRl E&P(Supsa), SCP, NS ■■ Up to USD 1.5 bln investment volume ▪ Gas (8 Bln m3) Azerbaijan Armenia 35.4 1.7 0.3 37.4 94.6% from KZ and AZ (BTC, ▪ WOiRl E&P(Supsa), SCP, NS Railway: ▪ Gas (8 Bln m3) ■■ Infrastructure: 1 326 km (94% electrified);modernization in progress Oil/Gas Pipelines 35.4 1.7 0.3 37.4 94.6% from KZ and AZ (BTC, WREP(Supsa), SCP, NS (capacity: 30mln t/year) ■■ Baku-Supsa (7 mln t/year) ■■ Main line Length: 527 km (100% electrified) ■■ Baku-Ceyhan (45mln t/year) ■■ New railway line Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) linked to Turkish railway networks: PIPELINES 180 km (capacity: 5-15 mln. t/year)

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MAJOR ONGOING PROJECTS IN ABOUT A DECADE DEEP-SEA PORT WILL ADD SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY TO CURRENT PORTS

DEVELOPMENT OF DEEP-SEA PORT Million tons

■■ Government of Georgia plans to develop the ANAKLIA DEEP-SEA PORT ANAKLIA DEEP SEA PORT DEVELOPMENT PHASES CURRENT PORT CAPACITY infrastructure of new deep sea port, which has a (PHASES 1 AND 2) 18-20 m natural draft and possibility to receive the 100 55 70 85 fifth-generation vessels such as Panamax 7 20 40 Depth Depth ■■ Port will be focused on containers and bulk/mixed POTI 8-11 m Container Container cargoes I II III IV V VI VII 4.0 Dry bulk Dry bulk ■■ The project is considered as strategically important 5.0 mln t/y Liquid bulk for Georgia and has full support from the state. 1.0 Liquid bulk Ownership Ownership ■■ 12 companies have participated in the announced competition on the construction of Anaklia port. after MAIN ADVANTAGES ■■ On February 8, 2016 LTD Anaklia Development Consortium was selected by the Governmental Commission DEEP-SEA PORT Economics (able to Phaze2 ▪ as a winner. BATUMI ~14.0 20 m accept larger vessels) KULEVI OIL SUPSA OIL 11 m TERMINAL TERMINAL 0.9 (≈1.5mlnTEU) ▪ Strategic location 2.0 ~6.0 ? ▪ Geology (20 m depths DEVELOPMENT OF BAKU-TBILISI-KARS RAILWAY (BTK) 4.0 6.3 15.0 very close to shore)

■■ The new railway line BTK (USD 775 millions) from the Caspian Sea to Europe via Turkey is expected to be completed by the end of 2016 ■■ The new corridor will transport both, goods and passengers, between Central Asia and Europe ~14 ~6 ≈ 60 ~28 ■■ The project is expected to increase cargo transportation capacity by 5 million tons to Anaklia Deep-sea Port 15 million tons Poti ~7 Tbilisi ~5 ■■ Georgian Railway has been granted the right Batumi BTK to operate the Georgian portion of the new Container Dry bulk Liquid bulk Container Dry bulk line Total ■■ Trade between China and Turkey amounted Existing capacity Deep-sea port capacity to USD 27 billion in 2015, and it is expected to triple by the 2020.

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GEORGIA SERVES AS THE ENTRY GATE TO A LANDLOCKED ONGOING LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES ON CHINA - REGION BOOSTING SIGNIFICANT RESOURCE RESERVES CENTRAL ASIA - CAUCASUS ROUTE TO BE COMPLETED BY 2018

GEORGIA AZERBAIJAN Oil Gas Coal Construction of Rail bypasses 120km; Baku-Tbilisi- New Baku Trade Sea Port capacity: Liquid/Bulk Kars (BTK) Construction of new rail line 30km; 25mln tons; Containers 1 mln TEU; (BTK) Rail net- Construction of new Deep Sea Port in Anaklia work upgrade 503km

FOR COMPARISON: Region represents only ~1.6% of global population Zhezkazgan Atirau

Anaklia Beineu Khrogos Alat Aktau Kulevi Bishkek Kars Turkmenbashi Samarkand Kashgar Amirabad Ceyhan Atamyrat Panj Mazali Sharif

KAZAKHSTAN CHINA Construction of new Rail link reduces route by Western China / Kazakhstan border – Khorgos-East Other 1200km Gate Transshipment/multimodal Terminal and Free Iron Ore Zinc Copper (Bauxite,Gold, Nickel, PGMs) Increase of Aktau Trade Sea port capacity to trade Zone, capacity 6mln tons 25mln tons (2016)

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SILK ROAD THE PARTIES HAVE AGREED TO TAKE ALL MEASURES IN UPCOMING PERIOD ON THE IN 2015 GEORGIA BECAME A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE ASIAN INFRASTRUCTURE ORGANIZATION OF CONTAINER SERVICE FROM CHINA TO THE BLACK SEA THROUGH INVESTMENT BANK (AIIB) CENTRAL ASIA AND CAUCASIAN CORRIDOR

Stuttgart Druzhba Odessa Galata Aktau Burgas Khrogos Alat Istambul Turkmenbashi Izmir Astara Mersin Anzali Amirabad

Lianyungang

Shanghai

AZERBAIJAN, IRAN, GEORGIA AND UKRAINE Bandar Abbas ARE WORKING ON A NEW TARIFF POLICY Dubai FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSIAN GULF - BLACK SEA CORRIDOR

Mumbai

A SINGLE TARIFF ACROSS THE TRANS CASPIAN-BLACK SEA INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT ROUTES TRANSIT TIME 11 DAYS IN COMPARISON WITH 45 DAYS VIA THE SEA ROUTE

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GEORGIA CAN UTILIZE ITS LOCATION TO ADDRESS GEORGIA IS IN A HIGHLY STRATEGIC LOCATION: IT SERVES AS AN SEVERAL FLOWS ON THE MAJOR EUROPEAN-CENTRAL ENTRY GATE TO THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA AS WELL AS ASIAN TRADING ROUTES A STEPPING STONE TO THE REGION

1 2 CAUCASUS – EUROPE /ROW Ukraine 1 2 Kazakhstan ~44 MLN TONS P.A. CENTRAL ASIA – EUROPE /ROW Moldova ~79 MLN TONS P.A. 4 1 1

Georgia Uzbekistan

Armenia Azerbaijan 2 GDP 2 Turkmenistan 1 1 Turkey mn USD bn 3

Georgia 4.5 16,5 Syria

Cyprus Iran Caucasus 17 110 Iraq

Land locked countries 121 380 3

3 WESTERN CHINA – EUROPE Stepping 1 Russia 23 164 ~3 MLN TONS P.A. stone South 2 2 Turkey 74 820 3 Iran 75 368 4 EU 504 17 TN TOTAL TRADE ON ALL 3 ROUTES (MLN TONS) ~130

1 Including Eastern Europe, Balkans and Turkey 1 Population and GDP, numbers cumulative (apart from stepping stone countries) 2 Excluding Central Asia, Asia and Middle East 2 Includes Russia’s Southern Federal District and North Caucasian Federal District 3 Estimated using total export volume by province

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TAXATION AND CUSTOMS – MOST MODERN AND EFFICIENT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES SYSTEM IN THE NEIGHBORING REGION TERMINALS AND LOGISTICS CENTERS COLD STORAGES

■■ Most promising locations for logistics and ■■ Cold chains play an important role in fruit and TAX AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENTS UNDER COUNTRY RANKINGS BY GOODS warehousing centers: vegetable processing and handling, however AN UMBRELLA OF STATE REVENUE SERVICE FLOW REGULATIONS ■■ Sea ports & port operation in Poti, Batumi and current supply chain is weakly organized in OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF GEORGIA upcoming Anaklia deep sea port Georgia Ranks out of 140 countries ■■ Khashuri is geographical center of Georgia and ■■ Most of agriculture products are produced on GEORGIA 9 6 4 9 ADMINISTRATION is very well connected to other regions open fields and sold to fresh markets, which Kazakhstan 31 45 73 55 ■■ Transparent ■■ Vale is an important location in the emerging causes seasonality supply. Only small portions Bulgaria 29 98 5 78 railway corridor Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) between ends up in cold storages for non-seasonal ■■ Fast and Efficient - average time for import Moldova 93 47 5 65 Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. Georgian consumption, which is filled by imports clearance 15 minutes Armenia 13 54 45 105 Railway has launched the terminal development ■■ Largest share of Georgian households ■■ Up to 15 Days deferred payment of Turkey 82 42 72 82 project in Vale expenditure is allocated to food, beverage Customs tax/VAT for importers Romania 78 71 48 84 ■■ Rustavi is one of the main industrial cities and and tobacco products. Tbilisi and Rustavi ideally connected to Armenia and Azerbaijan account for 1/3 of all expenditure therefore Azerbaijan 79 60 88 122 borders Tbilisi and Rustavi are major targets for cold INFRASTRUCTURE Iran 109 108 76 88 ■ Network of modern Customs Clearance ■■ Tbilisi is a capital city and financial & economic storages in Georgia ■ Russia 118 116 43 113 center of Georgia Terminals Ukraine 96 99 140 117 ■■ Cargo inspection/Cross-Dock modern equipment and facilities Total Tax Rate, % profits SERVICES Prevalence of Trade Barriers Anaklia Deep-sea Port ■ Preliminary Customs Declaration; ■ Trade Tariffs Poti Khashuri ■■ Self-service for customs clearance of cars; Burden of Customs Procedures Tbilisi Batumi ■■ Online Services for remote clearance Rustavi (Including Tax returns) Vale

Source: The World Economic Forum, GCI 2015-16

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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY GEORGIAN NATIONAL INVESTMENT AGENCY

TBILISI LOGISTICS CENTER The investment promotion agency under the ■■ Proposed land plot is located 18 km away direct supervision of the Prime Minister of Georgia from Tbilisi International Airport and 25 km “One-stop-shop” for investors to support from Tbilisi city center companies before, during & after investment ■■ State owned investment fund “Partnership process Fund” is ready to participate in the project INVESTORS ■■ The land is next to Tbilisi bypass, railway and Moderator between investors, government and local companies Customs Clearance Zone

■■ 44 km from Georgia-Azerbaijan and 74 km from Georgia-Armenia Border

■■ Land Area: 258,821 sq. m (25.8 hectares) OUR SERVICES GNIA ■■ Access to communications: LOCAL • Water and sewage – available INFORMATION COMPANIES General data, statistics, sector researches GOVERNMENT • Electricity source – available (lower tariff comparing central Tbilisi) COMMUNICATION • Gas supply source – available Access to Government at all levels/Local partners

■■ Coordinates: 41°36’35.90”N, 44°58’54.24”E ORGANIZATION ■■ Status: Investor Search Organization of site visits & accompanying of investors

AFTERCARE Legal advising & Supporting services

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Contact Person: Mr. Aleksandre Papiashvili E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +995 322 473 696 (104) WWW.INVESTINGEORGIA.ORG