BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 17. Volume of Azerbaijan's foreign trade turnover amounted to $16.8 billion (taking into account the statistical cost of crude oil and natural gas, the customs clearance of which was not completed) from January through April 2022, including export - $12.7 billion, import - $4.04 billion, Trend reports with reference to Azerbaijan’s State Statistics Committee.
According to committee, the trade surplus exceeded $8.7 billion.
Committee noted that legal entities and individuals in Azerbaijan conducted trade operations with partners from 155 countries during the reporting period.
Azerbaijan exported its products to 104 countries, and imported from 144 states from January through April 2022.
According to committee, foreign trade turnover in actual prices increased by 73.9 percent, in real terms - by 9.8 percent, including exports - by 18.3 percent, and imports decreased - by 4.8 percent compared to same period 2021.
About 90.6 percent of Azerbaijan's foreign trade turnover, in this period, fell on the share of Italy, Turkiye, Russia, China, Ukraine, Portugal, Israel, Greece, Georgia, Thailand, Germany, Kazakhstan, the UK, India, Romania, Tunisia, Iran, Spain, Vietnam, the US and Switzerland.