| Table Name | Georgia |
| 1.0 Contact Information | |
| 1.1 Name | Nino Shalibashvili |
| 1.2 Designation (Job Title) | Chief Specialist |
| 1.3 Organization | National Bank of Georgia |
| 1.4 Mailing Address | Sanapiro str N2, 0114 Tbilisi |
| 1.5 Country | Georgia |
| 1.6 Email | nshalibashvili@nbg.ge |
| 1.7 Telephone | 32 2406527 |
| 2.0 Concepts, Definitions and Scope | |
| 2.1 Statistical frameworks for the compilation of external debt data | 2013 External Debt Statistics Guide/6th Edition of Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) |
| 2.2 Consistency with the external debt liabilities of the International Investment Position (IIP) | Yes |
| 2.3 Additional Information on Concepts, Definitions and Scope | ED does not cover zones of conflicts – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region (a part of Georgian territory that is not controlled by the central authorities). |
| 3.0 Sector Classification/Coverage | |
| 3.1 Data coverage for General Government | Fully covered |
| 3.2 Data coverage for Central Bank | Fully covered |
| 3.3 Data coverage for Deposit-taking corporations, except the Central Bank | Fully covered |
| 3.4 Data coverage for Other Sectors | Partly covered, with some gaps |
| 3.5 Data coverage for Other financial corporations | Fully covered |
| 3.6 Data coverage for Nonfinancial corporations | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 3.7 Data coverage for Households and nonprofit institutions serving households (NPISHs) | Not covered |
| 3.8 Data coverage for Direct Investment: Intercompany lending | Fully covered |
| 3.9 External debt statistics presented into Public and Publicly Guar. Private Sector and Private Sector Not Publicly Guar. Debt | Yes |
| 3.10 External debt include both foreign currency and domestic currency denominated debt instruments held by nonresidents | Yes |
| 3.11 Additional comments and explanations on Sector Classification/Coverage | (i) Information on household and NPISH external debt is not yet available. (ii) The external debt of other sectors may not be fully covered due to the shortcomings of the existing compilation program. |
| 4.0 Debt Instrument Classification/Coverage | |
| 4.1 Data coverage for Currency and deposits | Fully covered |
| 4.2 Data coverage for Debt Securities | Fully covered |
| 4.3 Data coverage for Loans | Fully covered |
| 4.4 Data coverage for Trade credit and advances | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant |
| 4.5 Data coverage for Other debt liabilities | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant |
| 4.6 Data coverage for Special drawing rights (allocations) | Fully covered |
| 4.7 Data coverage for Debt liabilities of direct investment enterprises to direct investors | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant |
| 4.8 Data coverage for Debt liabilities of direct investors to direct investment enterprises | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant |
| 4.9 Data coverage for Debt liabilities to fellow enterprises | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant |
| 4.10 Arrears (including interest that accrues on arrears) reported in the same debt instrument | Yes |
| 4.11 Arrears separately identified in the memorandum items | Yes |
| 4.12 Classification of maturity for short-term/long-term debt instruments | Original maturity |
| 4.13 Additional comments and explanations on Debt Instrument Classification/Coverage | (i) SDR allocations are included starting from 2009Q3. (ii) Trade credits of government and banking sectors are not captured. |
| 5.0 Valuation and Basis of Recording | |
| 5.1 Main valuation method for debt securities (in main table) | Market Value |
| 5.2 Main valuation method for debt securities (in memorandum items) | Nominal Value |
| 5.3 Other methods and weights used for valuation of debt securities | None |
| 5.4 Basis for compiling external debt statistics | Accrual Basis |
| 5.5 Inclusion of accrued interest costs that are not paid | Yes |
| 6.0 Data sources/Compiling Organizations | |
| 6.1 Main data source(s) for the external debt statistics | (i) quarterly non-financial enterprises survey of foreign economic activity carried out by the Statistics Department, (ii) quarterly reports from resident banks on long-term and short-term loans of commercial banks received from nonresidents and its service, (iii)data on disbursement and service of the IMF loans from the NBG, (iv) administrative data from the Ministry of Finance on external government debt and government guarantied debt and its service, (v) data on external debt of micro-finance institutions. |
| 6.2 Link(s) to national website where the external debt statistics are being disseminated | https://www.nbg.gov.ge/index.php?m=304#external |
| 6.3 Link(s) to relevant metadata that currently exists and is consistent with your external debt statistics | http://dsbb.imf.org/Pages/SDDS/CtyCtgList.aspx?ctycode=GEO |
| 6.4 Primary agency responsible for compiling external debt statistics | National Bank of Georgia |
| 6.5 Primary agency responsibile for disseminating external debt statistics | National Bank of Georgia |
| 7.0 Periodicity and Timeliness | |
| 7.1 Frequency of external debt statistics compilation | Quarterly |
| 7.2 Frequency of external debt statistics dissemination | Quarterly |
| 7.3 Timeliness of the publication of the external debt statistics | External debt data is published at the 90th day after the end of the reference reporting period, which meets the SDDS requirement. |
| 7.4 Additional comments on Periodicity and Timeliness | None |
| 8.0 Revision Policy | |
| 8.1 Data revision policy | Regular schedule - External debt data is revised quarterly, whenever the refined data is available. Revision might be applied to previous years. |
| 9.0 Unit of Measure | |
| 9.1 Unit of Measure | Data are in USD. |
| 10.0 Reference Period | |
| 10.1 Reference Period | (i) Data are available starting from 2007Q1. (ii) Data converted through generic conversion from 2003 EDS Guide/BPM5 to 2013 EDS Guide/BPM6 basis by the World Bank from 2007Q1 to 2013Q2. (iii) Data reported by country on a 2013 EDS Guide/BPM6 basis starting from 2013Q3. |
| 11.0 Table Reporting | |
| 11.1 Table 1 - Gross External Debt Position: by Sector (Prescribed component) | Yes |
| 11.2 Table 2 - Gross External Debt Position: Foreign Currency and Domestic Currency Denominated Debt (Encouraged component) | Yes |
| 11.3 Table 3 - Debt-Service Payment Schedule for Outstanding External Debt as of End-Period: by Sector (Encouraged component) | Yes |
| 11.4 Table 4-Gross External Debt Position:Principal and Interest Payments Due in 1 Yr or less -by Sector (Encouraged component) | Yes |
| 11.5 Table 1.1 - Gross External Debt Position: Debt Securities - Reconciliation of Nominal and Market Value | Yes |
| 11.6 Table 1.2 - Gross External Debt Position: Other Sectors | Yes |
| 11.7 Table 1.3 - Gross External Debt Position: Public Sector Debt and Publicly-Guaranteed Private Sector Debt | Yes |
| 11.8 Table 1.4 - Gross External Debt Position: Arrears by Sector | Yes |
| 11.9 Table 1.5 - Net External Debt Position: by Sector | Yes |
| 11.10 Table 1.6 - Gross External Debt Position: Reconciliation of Positions and Flows | Yes |
| 11.11 Table 2.1 - Gross External Foreign Currency and Foreign-Currency-Linked Debt Position | Yes |
| 11.12 Table 3.1 - Gross External Debt Position: Short-Term Remaining Maturity - by Sector | No |
| 11.13 Table 3.2 - Debt-Service Payment Schedule for Outstanding External Debt as of End-Period: by Sector and Instrument | Yes |
| 12.0 Metadata Update | |
| 12.1 Metadata last updated | 12/14/2016 |