BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 19. Azerbaijan imported 70,145 tons of wheat in January 2024, which is 50.83 percent (72,509 tons) less than the indicator of the same period of 2023, Trend reports.
According to the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan, wheat imports exceeded $16.3 million in value terms (62.5 percent or $27.1 million reduction over the year).
The share of wheat import in the reporting period amounted to 1.43 percent of Azerbaijan's total import.
In January 2024, Azerbaijan's imports of food products increased in value terms by 6.86 percent ( $11.65 million) and amounted to $181.4 million in value terms
Azerbaijan imported 1.175 million tons of wheat in 2023, which is 9.1 percent (117,655 tons) less than in 2022.