BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 12. Remittances to Azerbaijan decreased by 45 percent to $891 million from January through June this year, said director of the Statistics Department of the Central Bank Samir Nasirov at a media briefing, Trend reports.
According to him, 68 percent of remittances to the country came from Russia.
As for remittances from Azerbaijan, Nasirov noted that the first place in this indicator was taken by Türkiye (64.6 million), and the second place was taken by Russia ($38.5 million). Overall, the volume of remittances from the country amounted to $254.5 million.
According to him, this resulted in a surplus of $636 million.
Money transfers to Azerbaijan surged by 3.2 times in 2022, reaching $3.6 billion. Transfers from the country grew by 0.5 percent, reaching $700 million.