BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 9. The public catering turnover of Baku soared from January through December 2022, Trend reports via the Baku City Statistics Department.
According to the department, this figure equaled 1.096 billion manat ($643.79 million), up by 44.2 percent against the same period of 2021.
The catering turnover of legal entities accounted for 617.7 million manat ($362.8 million), or 56.3 percent of the total turnover in 2022.
During this period, the trade turnover in Baku increased by five percent compared to 2021 and stood at 30.819 billion manat ($18.1 billion).
In 2021, Baku's public catering activity grew by 29.2 percent compared to 2020 and amounted to 643.6 million manat ($378.04 million).