BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 14. The manufacturing volume of products in the metallurgical industry and finished metal products of Azerbaijan increased by 67.14 percent in value (up to 414.7 million manat or $243.9 million), or by 1.03 billion manat ($6.058 billion) from January through August 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, Trend reports citing to the report of Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee.
|
Types of products |
Manufactured in January-July 2022 |
Difference compared to January-July 2021 |
Amount of products stored in warehouses as of August 1 2022 |
|
Cast steel |
263,700 tons |
140 percent |
2,900 tons |
|
Rebar |
309,600 tons |
167.7 percent |
54,700 tons |
|
Steel pipes |
76,600 tons |
2.2 times |
2,200 tons |
|
Raw aluminium |
17,400 tons |
92.6 percent |
15,000 tons |
|
Aluminum bars, shafts and profiles |
2,491.4 tons |
160.5 percent |
109.2 tons |
|
Other ferrous metal structures |
25,186.3 tons |
157.5 percent |
3,269 tons |
|
Copper stranded wires without electrical insulation, ropes and cables |
3,484.8 tons |
103.1 |
According to the committee, the production of prefabricated structures made of ferrous metals exceeded 18.5 million manat or $10.8 million (an increase of 19.3 percent over the year).
Production in the metallurgical industry of Azerbaijan increased by 38.5 percent (to almost 1.1 billion manat or $647 million), or 442 million manat ($260 million) in 2021 compared to 2020.