Chinese Government provides a RMB 20 million grant — via an ETCA — in 2010 for the acquisition of railway inspection equipment in Gardabani

On June 4, 2010, the Chinese Government and the Government of Georgia signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), in which the Chinese Government committed RMB 20 million ($2,930,000 USD) in grant funding to acquire and install railway container inspection equipment (or a "container inspection system") for the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia. The proceeds from this grant were used to acquire and install a railway inspection equipment to improve custom service in the town of Gardabani. The project was carried out by Nuctech Company Limited. It was completed on December 1, 2012.

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In the Government of Georgia’s External Assistance Management Information System (EAMIS), this project is called the ‘Purchase of Railway Inspection System for the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia (installed in Gardabani)’. The Georgian project title is საქართველოს ფინანსთა სამინისტროს შემოსავლების სამსახურისთვის სარკინიგზო საინსპექციო სისტემის შეძენა (განთავსდა რკინიგზის პორტალ გარდაბნის ტერიტორიაზე). AidData has assumed, based on experience, that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce funded this ETCA.

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