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Azerbaijan boosts meat production volume

Economy Materials 2 January 2024 14:20 (UTC +04:00)
Elchin Mehdiyev
Elchin Mehdiyev
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 2. The value of gross agricultural production in actual prices in Azerbaijan amounted to 11.57 billion manat ($6.8 billion) from January through November 2023, Trend reports via the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee.

Livestock production accounted for 5.7 billion manat ($3.3 billion), and crop production - 5.8 billion manat ($3.4 billion) out of this indicator.

The committee's data showed that during the mentioned period, the country’s agricultural production rose by 3.1 percent including livestock products - by 3.3 percent, and crop products - by 2.8 percent.

Meanwhile, the country produced 538,200 tons of live-weight meat, including poultry, 2.6 million tons of milk, over two million eggs, 15,100 tons of wool, and 357 tons of silkworm cocoons.

Meat production increased year-on-year by 3.1 percent, milk - by 1.3 percent, eggs – by 9.9 percent, silkworm cocoons - by 4.6 percent, and wool production decreased by three percent.

In 2022, Azerbaijan produced 628,000 tons of live-weight meat, up by three percent compared to 2021.

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